U.S. News & World Report began collecting data April 29 from U.S. hospitals for its inaugural edition of Best Hospitals for Maternity, which will be published in the fall of 2021. 

CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings April 28, recognizing 204 hospitals with one star.

CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2021, giving 455 hospitals a rating of five stars.

The Leapfrog Group gave 10 hospitals failing grades in its spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades released April 29.

The Leapfrog Group released its spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades April 29, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to more than 2,700 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance.

CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on its Hospital Compare website April 28. The updated ratings are based on CMS' revised methodology. 

IBM Watson Health has released its 2021 rankings of the top hospitals and health systems in the country, this time in partnership with Fortune, with 15 health systems out of 324 earning distinction.

IBM Watson Health has released its 2021 rankings of the top hospitals and health systems in the country, this time in partnership with Fortune and with a new fifth dimension of evaluation: how hospitals acted to improve the wellbeing of the entire community outside their walls.

California has the most employed pharmacists among states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest occupational employment statistics survey.

Nevada's COVID-19 shot registration website is the easiest to access, according to Johns Hopkins University's vaccine website accessibility dashboard.

Florida has the highest number of nurse practitioners in the country, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.

California has the highest number of active physicians in the country, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.

California has the most professionally active physician assistants of any state, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released April 20.

Alabama has the highest average annual compensation for physicians, according to Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2021.

Texas is the worst state for children's healthcare, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Nine health systems made Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list this year, with Texas Health Resources ranking within the top 10.

Vermont is the state with the most COVID-19 restrictions and Iowa is the state with the fewest, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine at University of Pikeville has the most graduates practicing in rural areas, according to U.S. News and World Report's best medical schools rankings.

Delaware has the best conditions for working from home, according to an analysis by personal finance website WalletHub.  

Thirty-five U.S. healthcare leaders made Forbes' 35th annual list of the world's richest people in 2021, which saw an "unprecedented" number of newcomers. Eight of the 493 newcomers were in U.S. healthcare, according to Forbes.