Here are the 14 hospitals in America with the most annual emergency room visits for 2018. Totals represent the amount of emergency room visits tallied for a single facility, rather than total ER visits for a whole health system.
Rankings and Ratings
Fortune released its annual "Most Powerful Women in Business" list on Sept. 23, comprising 50 female executives who wield massive amounts of corporate power and societal influence.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked Jai Medical Systems Managed Care Organization and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States its top two highest-performing Medicaid health plans for 2019-20.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Medical Associates Health Plan among its highest-performing Medicare health plans for 2019-20.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance ranked Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States and Tufts Benefit Administrators among its highest-performing commercial health plans for 2019-20.
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CMS held a listening session Sept. 19 to receive feedback on potential changes to its Overall Hospital Star Ratings methodology, according to AHA News.
Alabama had the least competitive commercial health insurance market in 2018, according to a study published by the American Medical Association.
In 2018, 75 percent of commercial health insurance markets were highly concentrated, according to a study published by the American Medical Association.
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor earned the top spot on Best Health Degrees' list of the 25 Best Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Programs for 2020.
Hawaii is the happiest state in the U.S., according to Wallethub's annual list.