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How South Florida hospitals rank: What to know about performance

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

These articles discuss the rankings and advancements of South Florida hospitals.

One article explores how Miami doctors leverage technology, such as high-intensity ultrasounds, to treat conditions like cancer and sickle cell disease. Another discusses South Florida hospitals' rankings. Several hospitals rated high for care in specialties like neurology, eye care and cancer treatment, as reported by U.S. News & World Report. Meanwhile, a third article covers a lawsuit by several hospitals against The Leapfrog Group, accusing it of providing misleading patient safety rankings.

See the coverage below.

A longtime Florida attorney applied for disciplinary revocation.

NO. 1: SOUTH FLORIDA HOSPITALS SAY PATIENT SAFETY RANKINGS ARE RIGGED, AND SUE NONPROFIT

What to know about the controversy. | Published May 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

Dr. Omar H. Llaguna, specialist in surgical oncology, looks at a medium that mimics a liver tumor in a human body to demonstrate how a histotripsy procedure works, performed by a HistoSonics medical device during a demonstration at the Memorial Hospital West, in Pembroke Pines, on Thursday June 12, 2025. By Pedro Portal

NO. 2: ‘LIFE JUST CHANGED.’ HOW MIAMI DOCTORS USE TECH TO TREAT CANCER AND SICKLE CELL

What to know about new ultrasound, editing genes and prosthetics. | Published June 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn’t extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.

NO. 3: THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR AN OBAMACARE PLAN COULD SURGE NEXT YEAR IN FLORIDA

Florida and Texas would see the biggest impact, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility. | Published June 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Daniel Chang

Florida legislators considering making it harder for teachers, healthcare professionals to organize.

NO. 4: HOW DOES YOUR HOSPITAL RANK FOR SPECIALTY CARE? SEE THE SOUTH FLORIDA LIST

Several South Florida hospitals ranked high in the nation for eye care, rehabilitation, neurology and other specialties in a new report by U.S. | Published August 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.