Rankings and Ratings

Becker's Hospital Review published a story June 27 titled, "10 states with the most overworked nurses." The article cited a ranking from Medicare Health Plans, which based the ranking of overworked states on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and…

U.S. News & World report released its 12th annual Best Children's Hospitals rankings for 2018-19 June 26. The list included several well-known hospitals, including Boston Children's Hospital, which nabbed the No. 1 spot.

The medical condition U.S. patients Googled most frequently in 2018 was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, with nine states searching for this condition more than any other health concern, a report from Medicare Health Plans found.

Boston Children's Hospital grabbed the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report's 12th annual Best Children's Hospitals rankings.

The CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings are under scrutiny, as the agency decided not to update the ratings in July as planned. The agency has not released plans for the next update.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Medicare Advantage plan, for the fourth consecutive year, ranked highest in member satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2018 Medicare Advantage Study.

For the fourth consecutive year, customers named Kaiser Permanente as the No. 1 health plan based on experience, according to Forrester's 2018 Consumer Experience Index.

The Mercatus Center within Fairfax, Va.-based George Mason University released its June 2018 update report on patient access to healthcare.

Six of the top 10 states with the highest-paid CEOs were also among the 10 most populated states, according to a recent report by Equilar.

During the 2017-18 academic school year, out-of-state medical students paid an average of $58,000 for tuition and fees at public medical schools, according to data submitted by 69 institutions to U.S. News & World Report.