The following states received the highest and lowest marks on patients' HCAHPS surveys for physician communication.
The figures are from CMS' Hospital Compare website and represent HCAHPS scores collected from April 2018 through March 2019, the most recent data available.
Top three states by percent of patients who said physicians "always" communicated well:
Mississippi: 87 percent
Louisiana: 86 percent
Nebraska: 86 percent
States with the lowest percentage of patients who said physicians "always" communicated well:
Nevada: 74 percent
Arizona: 77 percent
Florida: 77 percent
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