California has the most premature births among all states, with 40,907 such births recorded in 2017, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Hospitals and health systems across the nation made Forbes' annual list of best employers for women, and six provider organizations were ranked among the top 25.
Texas is the best state in the U.S. to launch a new business in 2019, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health is rolling out online patient star ratings for about 450 of its facilities, reports Inside Indiana Business.
Missouri contains the most Medicare-certified rural health clinics in the U.S. with 369 clinics, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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U.S. News & World Report revised the methodology for its 2019-20 Best Hospitals specialty rankings set to come out July 30.
For the fifth year in a row, members were more satisfied with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan than with other Medicare Advantage insurers, according to the J.D. Power 2019 Medicare Advantage Study.
The well-being of children in the U.S. has improved in 11 of 16 measures, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a philanthropy focused on children's well-being that has tracked well-being data since 1990.
Job and recruiting site Glassdoor announced the winners of its annual Employees' Choice Award, honoring the top-rated CEOs in 2019.
Hospital readmission costs were higher than initial admission costs for about two-thirds of common diagnoses in 2016, according to a Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.