US News & World Report sues San Francisco city attorney over hospital ranking subpoenas
A dispute between U.S. News & World Report and the San Francisco city attorney’s office over the media company’s well-known but increasingly scrutinized system for ranking hospitals and other health care institutions has in recent weeks turned into an all-out legal battle.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu issued two subpoenas to the media company earlier this month. The first demanded answers about the company’s process for ranking hospitals. The outlet also makes money from the health care facilities, including through its sale of “badges” that high-scoring institutions can and often do place on their websites and other branding materials.
The second subpoena demanded internal business records that might reveal more about
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