Rankings and Ratings

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.

South Dakota has the highest number of hospital beds per 1,000 population in the U.S., while Oregon and Washington have the lowest, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

For-profit payers saw the largest gains in new lives covered by Medicare Advantage plans in 2021, according to a report from The Chartis Group. 

Louisiana's economy has taken the hardest hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.