Rankings and Ratings

Orlando, Fla., is the best place to retire, largely due to its lack of income, estate or inheritance taxes and its availability of recreational activities, according to a Sept. 2 report from WalletHub. The list of best and worst places…

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia topped U.S. News & World Report‘s 2025 ranking of executive MBA programs. The April ranking is part of the media company’s broader Best Business Schools list, which primarily evaluates full-time,…

North Dakota earned the No. 1 spot as the hardest-working state in the U.S., according to a new analysis published by WalletHub. The personal finance website released its 2025 survey, “Hardest-Working States in America,” on Aug. 25. The ranking is…

Hawaii was ranked the No. 1 U.S. state for women’s equality, according to an Aug. 18 list from WalletHub. The state was found to have no gap in the share of men and women in minimum wage roles, and women…

Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital has the lowest hospitalwide readmission rate, while Oroville (Calif.) Hospital has the highest, according to CMS’ Unplanned Hospital Visits database. The data, released Aug. 6, is based on provider data for hospital return days, including…

More than 300 hospitals and health systems were among the organizations recognized on Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Best-In-State Employers. The list was developed in partnership with market research firm Statista, which surveyed more than 160,000 employees working at organizations…

Three-quarters of the hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Honor Roll list also earned top marks in CMS’ latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, underscoring a notable overlap in national measures of hospital excellence.  CMS released its 2025…

Massachusetts ranks as the best U.S. state to live in for 2025, driven by its high-quality healthcare system and education, according to WalletHub. The personal finance website’s list, published Aug. 11, evaluated states across five categories: affordability, economy, education and…

Ninety-one fewer hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2025 compared to 2024.  CMS publishes its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings annually. Star ratings reflect a hospital’s performance across five quality measures: mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and…

CMS assigned one-star Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings to 229 hospitals in 2025. Every year, CMS assigns star ratings to U.S. hospitals based on 46 hospital quality measures, which are divided into five categories: mortality, safety, patient experience, readmission rates,…