Healthgrades on Tuesday named this year's recipients of its annual America's Best Hospitals Awards, which recognizes the 250 top hospitals in the country.

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Healthgrades' 2021 America's Best Hospitals list encompasses three categories of awards:

• America's 250 Best Hospitals, which represent the top 5% of hospitals in the United States;
• America's 100 Best Hospitals, which represent the top 2% of hospitals in the United States; and
• America's 50 Best Hospitals, which represent the top 1% of hospitals in the United States.

To identify award winners, Healthgrades reviewed the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide. For the analysis, Healthgrades evaluated hospitals' performance during Medicare fiscal years 2017-2019 on 32 procedures and conditions, such as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis, and stroke.

According to Healthgrades, patients treated at a hospital identified as one of America's Best Hospitals have a 27.4% lower risk of dying on average than patients treated at other hospitals.

Congratulations, Advisory Board members

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Advisory Board congratulates the 197 member hospitals that were named as one of America's 250 Best Hospitals for 2021. Below, one star denotes a hospital that was named among the 50 Best hospitals in America, and two stars denote a hospital that was named among the 100 Best hospitals in America:

• **Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis);
• Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe, Ohio);
• AdventHealth Orlando (Orlando, Florida);
• AdventHealth Wesley Chapel (Wesley Chapel, Florida);
• AdventHealth Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills, Florida);
• Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center (Oak Lawn, Illinois);
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago);
• **Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, Illinois);
• AllinaHealth – United Hospital (St. Paul, Minnesota);
• *AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village (Elk Grove Village, Illinois);
• *AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago (Chicago);
• Ascension Borgess Hospital (Kalamazoo, Michigan);
• Ascension Columbia Saint Mary's Hospital Milwaukee (Milwaukee);
• *Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield Campus (Southfield, Michigan);
• Atrium Health Cleveland (Shelby, North Carolina);
• Aventura Hospital & Medical Center (Aventura, Florida);
• Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix (Phoenix);
• Banner Baywood Medical Center (Mesa, Arizona);
• Banner Boswell Medical Center (Sun City, Arizona);
• Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix);
• Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Arizona);
• Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay, Ohio);
• Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville, Virginia);
• Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (Midlothian, Virginia);
• Boone Hospital Center (Columbia, Missouri);
• Cabell Huntington Hospital (Huntington, West Virginia);
• **Cape Coral Hospital (Cape Coral, Florida);
• *Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana, Illinois);
• *Cedars – Sinai Medical Center (West Hollywood, California);
• Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence, Missouri);
• **CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital (St. Cloud, Minnesota);
• **Chambersburg Hospital (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania);
• *Chester County Hospital (West Chester, Pennsylvania);
• Cheyenne Regional Medical Center – West Campus (Cheyenne, Wyoming);
• Chippenham Hospital (Richmond, Virginia);
• *Christ Hospital (Cincinnati);
• Deaconess Hospital (Evansville, Indiana);
• **Emory University Hospital (Atlanta);
• **Emory University Hospital Midtown (Atlanta);
• Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta);
• *EvergreenHealth Medical Center – Kirkland (Kirkland, Washington);
• **Frederick Health (Frederick, Maryland);
• **Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee);
• Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin);
• Garnet Health Medical Center (Middletown, New York);
• *Good Samaritan Medical Center (Lafayette, Colorado);
• Grand Strand Medical Center (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina);
• Haywood Regional Medical Center (Clyde, North Carolina);
• Hendrick Medical Center (Abilene, Texas);
• Henrico Doctors' Hospital (Richmond, Virginia);
• **Henry Ford Macomb Hospital (Clinton Township, Michigan);
• *Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (Newport Beach, California);
• **Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Maryland);
• Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale, Florida);
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia);
• Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital (Baytown, Texas);
• *Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston);
• **Howard County General Hospital (Columbia, Maryland);
• Inova Alexandria Hospital (Alexandria, Virginia);
• **Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church, Virginia);
• Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg, Virginia);
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore);
• *Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center (Baldwin Park, California);
• **Kaiser Permanente Orange County – Anaheim Medical Center (Anaheim, California);
• **Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center (Redwood City, California);
• *Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center (San Jose, California);
• *Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center (San Rafael, California);
• *Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center (Santa Clara, California);
• *Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center (Woodland Hills, California);
• **Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (Clackamas, Oregon);
• Kaweah Delta Medical Center (Visalia, California);
• Kendall Regional Medical Center (Miami);
• *Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington, Massachusetts);
• Lakeland Medical Center (Saint Joseph, Michigan);
• *Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pennsylvania);
• **Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford (Medford, Massachusetts);
• Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers, Florida);
• *Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver, Washington);
• **Lenox Hill Hospital (New York);
• Lourdes Hospital (Paducah, Kentucky);
• Marion General Hospital (Marion, Ohio);
• Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston);
• **Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville, Florida);
• Mayo Clinic Health System – Franciscan Healthcare (La Crosse, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin);
• **Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota);
• *Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix);
• *Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (Rochester, Minnesota);
• Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center (Houston);
• Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati);
• *Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield, Ohio);
• Mercy Health – Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield, Ohio);
• Mercy Health – St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown, Ohio);
• Mercy Health – St. Rita's Medical Center (Lima, Ohio);
• Mercy Health Saint Mary's Campus (Grand Rapids, Michigan);
• **Mercy Health – West Hospital (Cincinnati);
• **Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minnesota);
• Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Fort Smith, Arkansas);
• **Mercy Hospital St. Louis (St. Louis);
• **Methodist Hospital of Southern California (Arcadia, California);
• MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center (Cleveland);
• **Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton, Ohio);
• **Middlesex Hospital (Middletown, Connecticut);
• *Mission Hospital – Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina);
• Mount Sinai Morningside (New York);
• MountainView Hospital (Las Vegas);
• MUSC Medical Center (Charleston, South Carolina);
• *Newton – Wellesley Hospital (Newton, Massachusetts);
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens (Flushing, New York);
• North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, Colorado);
• North Shore Medical Center (Salem, Massachusetts);
• *Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge, California);
• Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital (McHenry, Illinois);
• Norwalk Hospital (Norwalk, Connecticut);
• Novant Health Matthews Medical Center (Matthews, North Carolina);
• OhioHealth Grant Medical Center (Columbus, Ohio);
• Orange Park Medical Center (Orange Park, Florida);
• Palomar Medical Center Escondido (Escondido, California);
• Pardee Hospital (Hendersonville, North Carolina);
• Parkview Regional Medical Center (Fort Wayne, Indiana);
• Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury, Maryland);
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (Philadelphia);
• Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (Hershey, Pennsylvania);
• Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia);
• Penrose-St. Francis Health Services (Colorado Springs, Colorado);
• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center (Athens, Georgia);
• *Piedmont Fayette Hospital (Fayetteville, Georgia);
• Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta);
• Piedmont Newnan Hospital (Newnan, Georgia);
• *Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins, Colorado);
• **Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque, New Mexico);
• *ProMedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo, Ohio);
• *Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills, California);
• **Providence Portland Medical Center (Portland, Oregon);
• *Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (Portland, Oregon);
• Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa, California);
• **Reading Hospital (West Reading, Pennsylvania);
• Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno, Nevada);
• Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media, Pennsylvania);
• Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus, Ohio);
• **Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles);
• Rose Medical Center (Denver, Colorado);
• Saint Joseph Hospital (Orange, California);
• Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, Colorado);
• Saint Joseph Hospital (Lexington, Kentucky);
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri);
• Saint Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley, California);
• Saint Peter's Hospital (Albany, New York);
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa, California);
• *Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla, California);
• **Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas, California);
• Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego, California);
• Sentara Careplex Hospital (Hampton, Virginia);
• **Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach, Virginia);
• Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree, Colorado);
• Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights, Ohio);
• SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles (Saint Charles, Missouri);
• *St. Francis Downtown (Greenville, South Carolina);
• St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard, California);
• **St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (Ypsilanti, Michigan);
• *St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix);
• **St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton, California);
• St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital (Newburgh, New York);
• *St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids, Iowa);
• St. Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital (Livonia, Michigan);
• St. Mary's Medical Center (San Francisco);
• *Stanford Health Care (Stanford, California);
• **Stony Brook University Hospital (Stony Brook, New York);
• **Stormont Vail Hospital (Topeka, Kansas);
• Straub Clinic and Hospital (Honolulu);
• Suburban Hospital (Bethesda, Maryland);
• Summa Health System – Akron Campus (Akron, Ohio);
• Swedish Covenant Hospital (Chicago);
• Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, Colorado);
• **The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health (Cincinnati);
• The Medical Center of Aurora (Aurora, Colorado);
• **The Miriam Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island);
• UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento, California);
• **UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion – Anschutz Medical Campus (Denver, Colorado);
• **UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica (Santa Monica, California);
• UCSD Medical Center – Hillcrest (San Diego, California);
• UF Health Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida);
• UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital (Waterloo, Iowa);
• *University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City, Kansas);
• **University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson, Maryland);
• University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, Tennessee);
• University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (Salt Lake City);
• UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania);
• UT Southwestern Clements University Hospital (Dallas);
• Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, New Jersey);
• *Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie, New York);
• **Vidant Medical Center (Greenville, North Carolina);
• WellSpan York Hospital (York, Pennsylvania);
• Wellstar Cobb Hospital (Austell, Georgia);
• Wellstar Kennestone Hospital (Marietta, Georgia);
• Wesley Medical Center (Wichita, Kansas); and
• Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven, Connecticut) (Healthgrades release, 2/9; Healthgrades, "America's Best Hospitals," 2/9).