More Indiana hospitals among best for maternity care
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U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday unveiled its list of the 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. The publication evaluated more than 800 hospitals across the country, with 10 in Indiana receiving a “High Performing” designation.
The number of Indiana hospitals on this year’s list is nearly double from last year.
The list, which is not a ranking, is based on seven measures of maternity care: C-section delivery rates, severe unexpected newborn complication rates, routine vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rates, commitment to exclusive breast milk feeding, episiotomy rates, birthing-friendly practices, and reporting on racial/ethnic disparities.
The Indiana hospitals that received the “High Performing” designation are:
- Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital
- IU Health North Hospital (Carmel)
- St. Catherine Hospital-East Chicago
- IU Health Medical Center (Riley Hospital for Children – Indianapolis)
- Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper)
- Clark Memorial Hospital (Jeffersonville)
- IU Health Arnett Hospital (Lafayette)
- IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital (Muncie)
- Baptist Health Floyd Hospital (New Albany)
- IU Health Paoli Hospital (Orange County)
U.S. News also unveiled its second-annual list of Maternity Care Access Hospitals, which outlines facilities “serving communities that depend on them for access to vital maternity care services.”
A hospital was eligible if it was the only hospital providing maternity care within its county and was located in a county with fewer than 60 obstetric providers per 10,000 births or was the only hospital within a 15-mile radius and also located in a county with fewer than 128 obstetric providers per 10,000 births.
This year’s Maternity Care Access Hospitals list features four hospitals in Indiana:
- Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper)
- Clark Memorial Hospital (Jeffersonville)
- IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital (Muncie)
- IU Health Paoli Hospital (Orange County)
You can connect to the full lists and methodology by clicking here.