Rankings and Ratings

Sixty-three healthcare companies were featured on the 2026 list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies” published by Fast Company on March 24. More than four dozen Fast Company editors and writers evaluated businesses across industries and regions, judging companies based…

Houston Methodist is the highest-ranking healthcare organization on Fortune and Statista’s fourth annual list of “America’s Most Innovative Companies.” Across the 300 companies, 22 health systems and 34 total healthcare organizations were recognized. The ranking is based on three key…

The National Rural Health Association released its annual list of the top 20 rural and community hospitals in the U.S., based on an evaluation of prospective payment system hospitals by the Chartis Center for Rural Health.  The list, released March…

Alpharetta, Ga., is the best small U.S. city for careers, according to a Jan. 13 ranking from CoworkingCafe. The ranking was developed by analyzing 298 U.S. cities with populations below 250,000. CoworkingCafe evaluated several key metrics on a 100-point scale,…

South Dakota was found to be the least stressed state, while Louisiana was the most stressed, according to WalletHub’s annual ranking. WalletHub compared all 50 states across 4 key dimensions — work-related stress, money-related stress, family-related stress, and health- and…

Of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital is the most innovative, according to a ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. The March 18 list evaluated all 50 states and Washington, D.C., using 25 indicators of “innovation friendliness,”…

Two health systems have been recognized on Ethisphere’s 2026 list of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies.” Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health were included on the March 18 list, which also features health insurers and…

Montana is the best state for physicians to practice in 2026, a recognition it has retained for several consecutive years as part of WalletHub’s annual ranking. New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island were deemed the worst states to practice,…

Little Rock, Ark., topped WalletHub’s 2026 ranking of the most overweight and obese U.S. cities, while Honolulu ranked lowest on the list. The personal finance website compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metropolitan areas across three dimensions: obesity and…

Fifty-one Americans in healthcare were included on Forbes‘ annual billionaires list. The 2026 list includes 3,428 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs across the globe — a record since the list began in 1987. It was developed using stock prices and exchange…