Methodist Hospital named one of nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Modern Healthcare, Premier

San Antonio, TX — Methodist Hospital today was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis conducted by Premier, Inc. and published by Modern Healthcare.

For more than 30 years, Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program has used objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data to identify the top-performing hospitals in the United States. The program is designed to help healthcare leaders pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities by providing transparent, nonbiased benchmarks and actionable insights.

Hospitals do not apply to participate in the study, and award recipients do not pay to market their honor.

Data collected from other Methodist Healthcare hospitals — including Methodist Children’s Hospital, Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, Methodist Hospital Northeast, Methodist Hospital Texsan, and Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant — contributed to Methodist Hospital’s designation.

“The continued recognition of Methodist Hospital among the nation’s top-performing hospitals reflects the unwavering commitment of our physicians and colleagues to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care,” said Ryan Simpson, CEO of the Methodist Hospital Campus. “This achievement speaks to a culture grounded in purpose, strengthened by clinical excellence, and driven by teams who are dedicated to advancing outcomes, elevating the patient experience, and serving our community with compassion every day.”

100 Top Hospitals® Program Performance

Based on comparisons between the study’s top performers and peer hospitals, the analysis found that this year’s 100 Top Hospitals® delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently. If all hospitals performed at the level of this year’s top performers, the impact for Medicare inpatients could include:

• More than 279,000 additional lives saved
• More than 477,000 additional patients’ complication-free
• More than $14.3 billion in inpatient cost savings
• More than 21,700 fewer patients readmitted within 30 days

Additionally, this year’s benchmark hospitals outperformed peer hospitals across all ten performance measures and in every comparison group. Key findings from the study include:

• A 36.8 percent difference in inpatient mortality between benchmark hospitals and peer hospitals nationally
• Small community hospitals showed the largest inpatient mortality difference, with a 49.3 percent improvement compared to peers
• Teaching hospitals demonstrated the largest difference in complications, outperforming peer hospitals by 30 percent
• Fifty-five hospitals were repeat winners from the previous year, reinforcing the role of sustained improvement and system-level performance

“Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals program recognizes healthcare organizations that consistently deliver high-quality care while improving operational and financial performance,” said David Zito, President of Performance Services at Premier. “By highlighting top performers and providing transparent, data-driven insights, this program helps hospitals nationwide identify opportunities to enhance care delivery, strengthen financial sustainability and improve outcomes for the communities they serve.”