Excellence in Patient Safety: Cumberland Earns Another “A” Safety Grade

The grade marks the sixth consecutive “A” received

November 13, 2025 – Covenant Health Cumberland has earned another “A” hospital safety grade for Fall 2025 from The Leapfrog Group, marking the sixth consecutive “A” grade the hospital has received. Cumberland is designated as a “Straight A” hospital, defined as hospitals that have earned an “A” grade for the fall and have sustained that grade for the last five or more grading rounds. Roughly 12 percent of eligible hospitals have earned this designation.

The Leapfrog Group collects and reports data related to safety, quality, and other aspects of hospitals’ performance. Leapfrog assigns safety grades based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.

“I am thrilled to celebrate the incredible efforts of our team at Cumberland Medical Center, which have culminated in yet another Leapfrog ‘A.’ Achieving our sixth consecutive ‘A’ demonstrates that this level of performance is ingrained in our culture and reflected in everything we do,” Randy Davis, president and chief administrative officer of Covenant Health Cumberland. “Our unwavering commitment to providing the best patient care is why we remain the only ‘A’-rated hospital in the Upper Cumberland Region.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program focused exclusively on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the spring and fall. 

Other Covenant Health hospitals earning “A” safety grades are Covenant Health Claiborne, Tazewell; Covenant Health Fort Loudoun, Lenoir City; Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional, Knoxville; Covenant Health LeConte, Sevierville; Covenant Health Methodist, Oak Ridge; Covenant Health Morristown-Hamblen, Morristown and Covenant Health Roane, Harriman.

To see details about the safety grades and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.

About The Leapfrog Group                                                                                    

The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.