Becker’s has compiled a list of hospitals and health systems with the shortest emergency department visit times using CMS’ Timely and Effective Care-Hospital data. The CDC tracks the average time patients spend in the ED before leaving the visit as…
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Becker’s has compiled a list of hospitals and health systems with the longest emergency department visit times using data from CMS’ provider data catalog. The CDC tracks the average time patients spend in the ED before leaving the visit as…
South Dakota is the state where Americans work the hardest, according to an analysis published Aug. 24 by WalletHub. The personal finance company compared the 50 states across two key dimensions: Direct work factors and indirect work factors. WalletHub evaluated…
New CMS data shows wide variation in emergency department visit times across the country, according to the agency’s latest release. The agency’s “Timely and Effective Care” dataset covers children and adults treated at hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment…
Louisiana has some of the highest scores in both physician and nurse communication while the District of Columbia has the lowest, CMS found. The Patient survey (HCAHPS)-State database lists the state averages for the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has the highest-ranked Medicare Advantage plan for member satisfaction in 2026, according to JD Power’s 12th annual Medicare Advantage study. The consumer insight firm published its annual ranking of the top MA plans in…
UCSF Medical Center is the top geriatric hospital in the nation, U.S. News & World Report found. U.S. News evaluated nearly 1,070 hospitals in the treatment of seniors and ranked the top hospitals for care of senior patients aged 75…
In CMS’ most recent release of patient experience data, 250 hospitals earned a five-star patient survey rating. CMS calculates patient survey star ratings from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which captures patients’ experiences during a…
U.S. News & World Report put greater weight on patient outcomes in its 2026-27 Best Hospitals rankings, released Aug. 4. Twenty hospitals made the Honor Roll, which recognizes hospitals for performance across specialty rankings and procedures and conditions ratings. This…
Texas had the largest net gain of births over deaths among U.S. states between July 2024 and July 2025, while Pennsylvania had the largest net loss, according to an Aug. 13 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws on U.S.…