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38 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MEASUREMENT Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals for 2022 By Mackenzie Bean H ealthgrades has recognized 250 hospitals nationwide for exceptional care via its America's Best Hospitals awards released Feb. 8. ree lists feature America's 50, 100 and 250 best hospitals, which represent the top 1 percent, 2 percent and 5 percent of hospitals in the nation, respectively. Healthgrades used 2018-20 Medicare data to evaluate the performance of nearly 4,500 U.S. hospitals in the treatment of 31 condi- tions and procedures, including heart attack, pneumonia and sepsis. Here are the top 50 U.S. hospitals listed by Healthgrades in 2022. Arizona Chandler Regional Medical Center Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix) California Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) Hoag Hospital Newport Beach Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) Northridge Hospital Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) Sutter Roseville Medical Center Colorado Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins) Delaware Christiana Hospital (Newark) Florida Flagler Hospital (Saint Augustine) Mayo Clinic Hospital (Jacksonville) Georgia Piedmont Fayette Hospital (Fayetteville) Illinois Amita Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago (Chicago) Palos Community Hospital (Palos Heights) Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana) Iowa UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids) Kansas University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City) Maryland MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Baltimore) Massachusetts Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington) Michigan Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield Campus Beaumont Hospital, Troy Minnesota Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (Rochester) New Jersey Morristown Medical Center Overlook Medical Center (Summit) New York Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) Rochester General Hospital Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie) North Carolina Mission Hospital (Asheville) Ohio Christ Hospital (Cincinnati) Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati) ProMedica Toledo Hospital Oregon Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (Clackamas) Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (Portland) Pennsylvania Lankenau Medical Center (Wynnewood) Chester County Hospital (West Chester) Reading Hospital (West Reading) Lancaster General Hospital South Carolina St. Francis Downtown (Greenville) Texas Houston Methodist Hospital Washington EvergreenHealth Medical Center-Kirkland Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver) n CDC proposes less stringent opioid prescribing guidelines By Katie Adams T he CDC on Feb. 10 proposed new opioid prescribing guidelines that eliminate the recommended dose ceilings for chronic pain patients. The proposed guidelines move away from specific numbers and encourage clinicians to exercise their best judgment when prescribing opioids. The guidelines say clinicians should prescribe "the lowest dosage to achieve expected effects" when patients first are issued a prescription. They also say "nonopioid therapies are preferred for subacute and chronic pain." The draft guidelines were open for comment through April 11. n