The 2025 Shkreli Awards
A top ten list of healthcare’s worst stories
Unnecessary Back Surgeries
Older Americans put at risk; billions of Medicare dollars wasted
America’s Most Socially Responsible Hospitals
Setting the standard by measuring what matters
Hospital financial
assistance & debt
collection policies
A national data set
Making hospital
tax breaks work
for communities
An analysis of 20 states
Avoiding Overuse: Coronary Stents
How professional inertia harms patients and wastes billions of dollars
America’s Most Racially Inclusive Hospitals
Socially responsible hospitals serve everyone in their communities
Pay Equity
How much should we pay nonprofit hospital CEOs? What are we rewarding them for — and what metrics could we base their salaries on instead?
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Hot takes from health leaders: “What keeps you up at night?”
This week's question: What keeps you up at night when you think about where healthcare affordability is headed? More
VIDEO: Why are some hospitals raking in profits and others failing?
In the latest installment of our video series, "Office Hours with Dr. Saini," Lown Institute president Vikas Saini gives his take on healthcare affordability topics, one question at a time. This week's question is "Why are some hospitals raking in profits and others failing?" More
Top hospitals for community benefit, 2025-26
See which hospitals ranked highest in community benefit on the Lown Index for 2025-26 More