Two Methodist Healthcare hospitals named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals®

San Antonio, TX  – Methodist Hospital and Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak have been recognized as two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™, the technology and services brand of Premier, Inc., and reported by Fortune. To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. As part of the Methodist Hospital awards process, data was collected from multiple Methodist Healthcare System hospitals- Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, Methodist Hospital | Northeast, and Methodist Hospital | Texsan- all participating in the recognition of top performance in quality, operations, finance, and patient feedback. The analysis also found the participating hospitals delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently and at a lower cost.

The primary purpose of the PINC AI™ 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. The program leverages transparent, nonbiased data to help inform strategies for sustained performance. Organizations do not apply to participate in the study, and award recipients do not pay to market their honor.

“The exceptional patient care delivered by our physicians and colleagues is not only proof of our mission-driven culture, but a reflection of the sound and inventive strategies of our leadership teams across every department,” said Ryan Simpson, CEO of the Methodist Hospital campus. “I couldn’t be prouder of our teams for always striving to do even better than the day before, raising the standards of care for our communities through historic growth, nationally-recognized clinical expertise, and above all- always putting our patients first.”

In addition to being recognized as a top hospital performer, Methodist Hospital (inclusive of Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, Methodist Hospital | Northeast, and Methodist Hospital | Texsan) and Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak were two of 26 facilities to receive the Everest Award in 2024 for setting national benchmarks for both the fastest rate of improvement and highest current year performance on the 100 Top Hospitals® balanced scorecard. This award recognizes the boards, executives, and medical staff leaders who developed and executed the strategies that drove the highest rates of improvement, resulting in the highest performance in the U.S. at the end of five years.

“As the new Chief Executive Officer of Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak, I am excited to work alongside the visionary leaders and incredible staff that earned this prestigious recognition,” said Michael Beaver, CEO of Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak. “I commend the staff and physicians for their diligent efforts and commitment to upholding clinical excellence for every patient we serve.”

100 Top Hospitals® Program Performance 

This year, based on comparisons between the study’s top performers and a peer group of similar hospitals, the analysis found that the top performers of the 100 Top Hospitals® program delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently and at a lower cost. Compared to peer hospitals, this year’s top performers had: 

• 39 percent fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals. 

• 26.6 percent fewer patients with complications. 

• 30.6 percent fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 

• A 21.1 percent lower inpatient expense per discharge. 

• 0.5-day shorter average length of stay. 

• Better reported patient experience scores, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73 percent versus 67 percent for peer hospitals. 

About the Study

The PINC AI™ 100 Top Hospitals® program focuses on short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of patients. Researchers evaluated 2,601 short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals and health systems. All research was based on the following public data sets: Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) data, and data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Care Compare website. For complete methodology details, please review the study here. Eligible hospitals are ranked for performance across 10 measures within five domains. Final rank is determined based on performance for all individual measures. To allow for fair comparison, hospitals are stratified and then ranked within five separate peer groups with a pre-determined number of high-performing hospitals: major teaching hospitals (15 facilities), teaching hospitals (25 facilities), large community hospitals (20 facilities), medium community hospitals (20 facilities), and small community hospitals (20 facilities).