The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducts periodic surveys of adult patients who recently received inpatient care at a hospital that services Medicaid and Medicare plan participants.  The purpose of these surveys is to measure the degree of satisfaction patients had with their recent inpatient hospital experience. The CMS ratings methodology involves combining patient questionnaire responses into a uniform patient satisfaction rating on a 1 to 5-star scale, with five stars being the scale's best score.  As of May 11, 2026, only four hospitals in Idaho earned five-stars on CMS patient surveys.  From CMS patient satisfaction surveys, listed alphabetically here are the four hospitals in Idaho that rated as five-stars for patient experience were:

Idaho Hospitals with Five-Star CMS Patient Survey Ratings

1. Boise VA Medical Center
   

   Location:  Boise

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2. Gritman Medical Center
   Location:  Moscow
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3. St Luke's Elmore Medical Center
   Location:  Mountain Home
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4. Treasure Valley Hospital
   Location:  Boise
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Over 1,388,000 nursing assistants were employed as of May 2024 in the United States according to data released recently by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  More than 48,000 of the nation's nursing assistants were employed in the five-state Rocky Mountain region of the country.  A further examination of May 2024 BLS data provides the following details about nursing assistant pay in the Rocky Mountain region:

Nursing Assistant Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CO	20,880	$45,480	10th
ID	7,340	$37,740	40th
MT	4,800	$42,020	23rd
UT	12,350	$39,240	32nd
WY	2,680	$41,040	25th
U.S.	1,388,510	$41,173	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 13, 2026

In the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) ratings of American hospitals, over 800 hospitals were graded on their effectiveness at delivering cancer care to adults.  The analysis scored hospitals on various measures related to their cancer patient outcomes, the range of their cancer services, and the level of recognition earned by a facility from the wider cancer care community.  Nine hospitals in the Western U.S. rated among the top 50 U.S. hospitals for adult cancer care in the 25-26 survey.  This included three hospitals that ranked among the ten best cancer hospitals nationally.  Here's a summary view of where these nine Western U.S. hospitals rated nationally for adult cancer care in the 25-26 USNWR survey:

Top Cancer Hospitals in the Western U.S.

1. UCSF Medical Center
   Location:  San Francisco
   National Rank:  #7 (See ranking details)
   
   
2. Stanford Hospital
   Location:  Palo Alto, CA
   National Rank:  #9 (See ranking details)
   
   
3. City of Hope Cancer Center
   Location:  Duarte, CA
   

   National Rank:  #10 (See ranking details)

   
   
4. UCLA Medical Center
   Location:  Los Angeles
   National Rank:  #13 (See ranking details)
   
   
5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
   Location:  Los Angeles 
   National Rank:  #18 (See ranking details)
   
   
6. USC Norris Cancer Hospital
   Location:  Los Angeles
   

   National Rank:  #25 (See ranking details)
   
   
7. OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

   Portland, OR

   National Rank: #27 (See ranking details)
   
   
8. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

   Location:  Seattle, WA
   National Rank:  #37 (See ranking details)
   
   
9. UC San Diego Health

   Location: San Diego

   National Rank:  #41 (See ranking details)

For a closer look into the metrics used to rate adult cancer care hospitals in the 25-26 U.S. News survey, or to find the cancer care rating of other Western U.S. hospitals, visit Best Hospitals for Adult Cancer Care.