There are 17 states without a hospital that received Healthgrades' 2023 outpatient joint replacement excellence award.
The Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award was given to hospitals for delivering "superior patient outcomes in outpatient knee replacement and outpatient hip replacement." Outpatient performance was evaluated from analyzing Medicare outpatient and inpatient data from 2019 to 2021, purchased from CMS, according to Healthgrades.
Here is a list of the 17 states without an awarded hospital:
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming