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18 ASC MANAGEMENT The best hospitals for cardiology in 49 states from 'U.S. News & World Report' By Eric Oliver U .S. News & World Report released its 2020-21 Best Hospitals rankings July 28, ranking systems by overall excel- lence and specialty effectiveness. U.S. News analyzed 594 hospitals that admitted at least 1,817 Medicare cardiology patients in 2016, 2017 and 2018. e outlet determined the rankings using Medicare data and listed the top 52 scoring hospitals. Here are the top hospitals for cardiology for 49 states and their overall score: Alabama: University of Alabama at Bir- mingham Hospital, 61 Alaska: Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, 41.4 Arizona: Mayo Clinic-Phoenix, 64.1 Arkansas: CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (Little Rock), 30.5 California: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles), 84.7 Colorado: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora: 56.9 Connecticut: Yale New Haven Hospital, 53.5 Delaware: ChristianaCare's Christiana Hos- pital in Newark, 44.1 Florida: Tampa General Hospital, 54.1 Georgia: Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, 54.8 Hawaii: Queen's Medical Center in Hono- lulu, 41.4 Idaho: St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, 34.9 Illinois: Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, 72.1 Indiana: Indiana University Health Medical Center in Indianapolis, 47.1 Iowa: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clin- ics in Iowa City, 47.7 Kansas: University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, 53.7 Kentucky: University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital (Lexington), 46.3 Louisiana: Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, 49.8 Maine: Maine Medical Center in Portland, 41.5 Maryland: Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti- more, 65.2 Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Hos- pital in Boston, 75.9 Michigan: University of Michigan Hospi- tals-Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, 66 Minnesota: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, 88.9 Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, 35.7 Missouri: St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, 61.6 Montana: Billings Clinic, 37.7 Nebraska: Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, 48.1 Nevada: St. Mary's Regional Medical Center-Reno, 41.3 New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, 43.7 New Jersey: Morristown Medical Center, 57.1 New Mexico: Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, 28.5 New York: New York-Presbyterian Hospital- Columbia and Cornell in New York City, 82.6 North Carolina: Duke University Hospital in Durham, 57.6 North Dakota: Sanford Medical Center Bismarck, 45.8 Ohio: Cleveland Clinic, 100 Oklahoma: Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, 35.3 Oregon: OHSU Hospital-Knight Cardiovas- cular Institute (Portland), 54.6 Pennsylvania: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadel- phia), 64.6 Rhode Island: Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, 36.6 South Carolina: MUSC Health-University Medical Center in Charleston, 47.3 South Dakota: Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, 40.3 Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, 60.9 Texas: Houston Methodist Hospital, 67.5 Utah: Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, 41.9 Vermont: University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, 34.2 Virginia: VCU Medical Center in Rich- mond, 54.9 Washington: University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, 49.3 West Virginia: West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, 45.7 Wisconsin: Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, 54 n Compass Surgical Partners hires executive administrator By Angie Stewart Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners welcomed Sandy Stillman- Alvin as executive administrator. Ms. Stillman-Alvin brings "organizational excellence and a calm presence" to Compass Surgical Partners' Raleigh office, the ASC development and management company said in a July 30 announcement. Ms. Stillman-Alvin joined Compass Surgical Partners with 21 years of experi- ence in healthcare administration. n