US News & World Report Names Corpus Christi Medical Center Among The Best Hospitals

Corpus Christi Medical Center has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as a high-performing hospital for treating Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Kidney Failure, and Diabetes. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News' Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their healthcare providers make informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

"These distinctions reflect Corpus Christi Medical Center's longstanding commitment and the excellent work done by our physicians, colleagues, and care teams to provide high-quality clinical care and service," said Mark Roberts, interim chief executive officer. "It symbolizes our mission of serving humanity and our vision of continuing to bring world-class health care to our community."

U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care, and patient experience.

“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals consistently delivering high-quality care for special medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”

To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology requirements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.