Rankings and Ratings

Time’s inaugural list of the “World’s Most Impactful Companies of 2026” features more than 100 U.S.-based healthcare organizations, including four health systems. Time partnered with Statista to launch the list, which highlights 500 companies that address high-priority global challenges as…

The United States ranked No. 18 overall in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2026 Best Countries rankings, but placed No. 33 in health among the 100 countries evaluated across categories including health, infrastructure, governance and economic development. The rankings use…

Ninety-four more hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2026 compared to 2025.  CMS publishes its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings annually. The ratings, updated May 13, reflect a hospital’s performance across five quality measures: mortality, safety, readmission,…

CMS released its updated star ratings May 13, and 199 hospitals were assigned one star for overall quality.  CMS assigns star ratings to hospitals in the U.S. and its territories based on 46 hospital quality measures, which are divided into…

Ashtabula, Ohio, has the highest student loan debt relative to its residents’ incomes of any U.S. city, according to a May 13 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. Because student loan debt is less sustainable in some places than others,…

For the second consecutive year, Vermont ranked as the healthiest state for older adults in the U.S., according to the United Health Foundation’s “America’s Health Rankings 2026 Senior Report.” The United Health Foundation is a nonprofit founded by UnitedHealth Group.…

More than half of the community hospitals in Nevada and Texas are for-profit facilities, according to data compiled by KFF.  The data, current as of 2024, comes from the American Hospital Association’s annual survey. It reflects community hospitals, which make…

Atlanta topped WalletHub’s 2026 ranking of the best and worst places to start a career, while New York City ranked worst. For the ranking, released May 11, the personal finance company compared 182 cities — including the 150 most-populated U.S.…

All 11 hospitals that have earned consecutive straight-“A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group earned a three-, four- or five-star rating from CMS. Of the five hospitals that earned an “F” grade from Leapfrog, three received a one-star rating from…

Eleven U.S. hospitals have earned consecutive “A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group since 2012. Leapfrog calculates hospital safety grades using up to 22 CMS patient safety measures, data from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and supplemental imputation. Read more about…