See What 'Grade' Livingston Hospital Got In New Leapfrog Rating

LIVINGSTON, NJ — A hospital in Livingston is among a slew of medical centers in New Jersey that received a rating from a watchdog agency as part of its twice-yearly “safety grades.”

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center received an “A” grade for Spring 2025 from The Leapfrog Group, an independent health care nonprofit. See the full rating broken down by category here.

The Leapfrog Group uses an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on more than 30 measures of patient safety. Leapfrog says its hospital rating system is the only one in the country focusing solely on a hospital’s ability to protect patients from preventable errors. Learn more about their methodology here, or watch the video below.

Other recent grades for Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center include:

• Fall 2024 - B
• Spring 2024 - B
• Fall 2023 - C
• Spring 2023 - C
• Fall 2022 - C
• Spring 2022 - C

New Jersey ranked third among all states for the percentage of hospitals receiving “A” grades in the spring 2025 report card. Read More: 36 NJ Hospitals Earn 'A' Grade In New Safety Ranking

Send local news tips and correction requests to eric.kiefer@patch.com. Learn more about advertising on Patch here. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.