HealthGrades Physician and Hospital Quality Guides

Our enhanced online provider directory, accessible via ibxpress.com, now gives you additional tools to help make informed decisions about your provider options.

In addition to office hours, office locations, and a physician’s hospital affiliations, members will be able to learn more about a doctor’s medical education and board certification status through links to information provided by HealthGrades, Inc.

Independence Blue Cross is making this information available to members through an agreement with HealthGrades, Inc., a leading independent provider of health care quality ratings. HealthGrades provides ratings, information and advisory services to health care providers, employers, health plans and insurance companies.

With the Hospital Quality Guide you can view the following information on individual participating hospitals, or make comparisons between multiple participating hospitals:

Statistics on survival, complications, and recovery following common hospital procedures
The number of procedures performed by the hospital
Ratings on safe practices provided by the Leapfrog Group
Data on the average length of hospital stays for common procedures
Relative cost data

The Physician Quality Guide includes information on:

Medical education, training and licensure
Board certification and specialty training
Foreign languages spoken
Gender
Sanctions/Medical Board Actions

HealthGrades is only available to members through the ibxpress.com online provider directory.