- Home
- » e-Newsletters
UHF ranks healthiest states
Physician Practice Advisor, December 14, 2005
The United Health Foundation once again named Minnesota the healthiest state in the nation when it released its annual health-ranking of states this week. Minnesota has ranked No. 1 for 10 of the past 16 years and has never ranked lower than second since the rankings began in 1990.
The next-healthiest states this year are Vermont and New Hampshire. The rankings are based on 18 risk factors and health outcomes, such as premature deaths, infant mortality, and the number of uninsured residents in a state.
At the other end of the list, Mississippi ranks as the least healthy state, just below Louisiana and Tennessee. Those states have high rates of premature deaths, infant mortality, cardiovascular and motor vehicle deaths, and high percentages of children in poverty.
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Guidance and tact key to compliant, effective physician queries
- Searched