Rankings and Ratings

The Leapfrog Group gave 17 hospitals failing grades in its spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades list, released May 10.

West Virginia has the highest illicit drug use, and Minnesota has the lowest, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

The Northeast dominated the rankings of the best states for working mothers, according to a May 2 WalletHub analysis. 

Hawaii is home to the fewest preventable hospitalizations in the nation per 1,000 Medicare patients. West Virginia most exceeds the national average of 37.7.

Washington is the best state to work as a nurse and Oklahoma is the worst, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas reported the most emergency department visits in 2021, according to figures compiled by Becker's.

Texas has more for-profit community hospitals than any other state, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Wyoming is the U.S. state with the best air quality, according to a ranking by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Wyoming had the highest suicide rate of all U.S. states in 2020, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released April 12.

The American Hospital Association is slamming the Lown Institute's report on hospital community benefits, which ranks organizations based on how their charity care and community investment spending stacks up against the value of their tax exemption.