Across the nation The best hospitals in each state for 2020, according to US News Learn which hospitals are at the top of the list where you live. Nov. 4, 2020Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email U.S. News and World Report is famous for ranking hospitals nationally, but the organization also releases regional hospital rankings each year. To rank hospitals, U.S. News examines factors related to clinical outcomes, staffing and patient satisfaction. You can read more about their methodology here. AOA board-certified DOs who are Doximity members are now eligible to complete U.S. News’ annual best hospitals survey. The survey for the 2021-2022 hospital rankings will be sent to physicians in early 2021. Learn more. Below are U.S. News’ top-rated hospitals in each state for 2020-2021. However, these lists come with the caveat that the data collection period predated the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. News says it will be updating its methods for next year’s list to examine how the pandemic impacted hospitals’ ability to provide high-quality care. U.S. News did not provide numerical rankings for hospitals in every state. For states that received numerical hospital rankings, we provided the hospitals in the first through third spots. For states without numerical rankings or states that only had a No. 1 hospital or Nos. 1 and 2 hospitals listed, we shared the ranked hospitals alongside the hospitals in the state that received national rankings for the most conditions, procedures and specialties. Alabama 1. University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital 2. Huntsville Hospital 3. St. Vincent’s Birmingham Hospital Alaska Alaska Native Medical Center Providence Alaska Medical Center Arizona 1. Mayo Clinic-Phoenix 2. Banner Boswell Medical Center 3. Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix Arkansas 1. UAMS Medical Center 2 (tie). Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock 2 (tie). Washington Regional Medical Center California 1. UCLA Medical Center 2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 3. UCSF Medical Center Colorado 1. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital 2. Porter Adventist Hospital 3. Penrose-St. Francis Health Services-Colorado Springs Connecticut 1. Yale New Haven Hospital 2. Hartford Hospital 3. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Delaware 1. Christiana Care Hospitals 2. Beebe Healthcare-Lewes Bayhealth Kent General Hospital Florida 1 (tie). Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville 1 (tie). UF Health Shands Hospital 3. AdventHealth Orlando Georgia 1. Emory University Hospital 2. Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital 3. Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Hawaii 1. Queen’s Medical Center Adventist Health Castle Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center Kuakini Medical Center Straub Medical Center Idaho 1. St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center 2. Kootenai Health-Coeur D’Alene 3. St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Illinois 1. Northwestern Memorial Hospital 2. Rush University Medical Center 3. University of Chicago Medical Center Indiana 1. Indiana University Health Medical Center 2 (tie). Ascension St. Vincent Evansville 2 (tie). Community Hospital East 2 (tie). Deaconness Hospital 2 (tie). Elkhart General Hospital 2 (tie). Memorial Hospital of South Bend Iowa 1. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 2. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center 3. UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center Kansas 1. University of Kansas Hospital 2. Stormont Vail Hospital 3. Advent Health Shawnee Mission Kentucky 1. University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital 2 (tie). Baptist Health Louisville 2 (tie). St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood-Covington Hospitals Louisiana 1. Ochsner Medical Center 2. Willis-Knighton Medical Center 3. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Maine 1. Maine Medical Center 2. Eastern Maine Medical Center MaineGeneral Medical Center Mercy Hospital of Portland Maryland 1. Johns Hopkins Hospital 2. University of Maryland Medical Center 3. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Massachusetts 1. Massachusetts General Hospital 2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital 3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Michigan 1. University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine 2. Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak 3. Beaumont Hospital-Grosse Pointe Minnesota 1. Mayo Clinic 2. Abbott Northwestern Hospital 3. St. Cloud Hospital Mississippi 1. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center 2. North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo 3 (tie). Memorial Hospital at Gulfport 3 (tie). St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital 3 (tie). University of Mississippi Medical Center Missouri 1. Barnes-Jewish Hospital 2. St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City 3. Missouri Baptist Medical Center Montana 1. St. Patrick Hospital 2. Kalispell Regional Healthcare Billings Clinic St. Vincent Healthcare-Billings Nebraska 1. Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center 2. Bryan Medical Center 3. Nebraska Methodist Hospital Nevada 1 (tie). Carson Tahoe Health-Carson City 1 (tie). Renown South Meadows Medical Center 3. Renown Regional Medical Center New Hampshire 1. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 2. Concord Hospital 3. Catholic Medical Center New Jersey 1. Morristown Medical Center 2. Hackensack University Medical Center 3 (tie). Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 3 (tie). Saint Barnabas Medical Center 3 (tie). Valley Hospital New Mexico 1. Presbyterian Hospital 2. Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center Memorial Medical Center-Las Cruces University of New Mexico Hospitals New York 1. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell 2. NYU Langone Hospitals 3. Mount Sinai Hospital North Carolina 1. Duke University Hospital 2. University of North Carolina Hospitals 3. Carolinas Medical Center North Dakota 1. Sanford Medical Center Fargo 2. CHI St. Alexius Health-Bismarck 3. Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Ohio 1. Cleveland Clinic 2. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center 3. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Oklahoma 1 (tie). Integris Baptist Medical Center 1 (tie). St. Francis Hospital-Tulsa 3 (tie). OU Medical Center 3 (tie). SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City Oregon 1. OHSU Hospital 2. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center 3 (tie). Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center 3 (tie). Salem Hospital Pennsylvania 1. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian 2. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside 3. Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Rhode Island 1. Miriam Hospital Kent County Memorial Hospital Rhode Island Hospital South County Hospital South Carolina 1. MUSC Health-University Medical Center 2 (tie). Bon Secours St. Francis Health System-Greenville 2 (tie). Spartanburg Medical Center South Dakota 1. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center 2. Sanford USD Medical Center Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota Tennessee 1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2. CHI Memorial Hospital 3 (tie). Ascension St. Thomas Hospital-West 3 (tie). Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis 3 (tie). University of Tennessee Medical Center Texas 1. Houston Methodist Hospital 2. UT Southwestern Medical Center 3. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Utah 1. University of Utah Hospital 2. Dixie Regional Medical Center 3. Intermountain Medical Center Vermont 1. University of Vermont Medical Center Rutland Regional Medical Center Virginia 1. University of Virginia Medical Center 2. VCU Medical Center 3 (tie). Centra Lynchburg General Hospital 3 (tie). Inova Fairfax Hospital Washington 1. University of Washington Medical Center 2. Virginia Mason Medical Center 3. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Washington, D.C. Children’s National Hospital MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Medstar Washington Hospital Center West Virginia 1. West Virginia University Hospitals 2. Charleston Area Medical Center 3. St. Mary’s Medical Center-Huntington Wisconsin 1. University of Wisconsin Hospitals 2. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center 3. Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin Wyoming U.S. News has 33 hospitals on its list of Wyoming hospitals, but none received a numerical ranking or a national ranking for a specialty, condition or procedure. Related reading: The best hospitals in 2020, according to US News The 50 best hospitals in the US, according to Healthgrades More in Profession Osteopathic medicine highlighted in recent New York Times article Article shares many positive attributes of the profession, including its recent growth and the fact that DOs hold some of the highest medical posts in the country. Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state. 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Osteopathic medicine highlighted in recent New York Times article Article shares many positive attributes of the profession, including its recent growth and the fact that DOs hold some of the highest medical posts in the country.
Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state.