Hazard ARH Awarded on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026

NEWS RELEASE - September 23, 2026

Hazard ARH Awarded on Newsweek's list of America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026

Hazard, KY - Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center (HRMC) has made Newsweek's list of America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026. The award list can be viewed on Newsweek.com.

High-quality maternity care, provided from pregnancy through birth and the postpartum period, is key to the long-term health of newborns and women who give birth. Given that maternity care is a major component of healthcare, Newsweek and Statista, the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, have partnered to identify America's Best Maternity Hospitals in 2026.

The America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026 ranking awards the leading hospitals for maternity care in the U.S. based on:

• Hospital Quality Metrics: with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care.
• Patient Experience: from public hospital survey data.
• Reputation Score: Healthcare professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about maternity processes, e.g., neonatal and perinatal doctors, nurses, and midwives, were asked to recommend leading maternity hospitals in the U.S.

Based on the results of the study, Hazard ARH is ecstatic to be recognized on Newsweek's list of America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026.

Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys.

"We are incredibly honored to be recognized on Newsweek's list of America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2026. It's an honor that reflects the compassionate expert care our OB team provides every day," commented Brian Springate, CEO for HRMC. "In March, we completed our six new, state-of-the-art Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) suites that are designed to improve comfort, safety, and continuity of care for mothers and their families. We hope that the renovation and receiving this honor shows our patients how committed we are to making the birth experience an exceptional experience for our mothers and families at Hazard ARH."

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About Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH)
Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) traces its roots back to 1955, when the United Mine Workers of America opened the Miners Memorial Hospital system - a network of 10 hospitals dedicated to providing care throughout the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. Seventy years later, ARH has grown into a 14-hospital not-for-profit health system that serves more than 500,000 residents of central Appalachia each year. ARH hospitals in Barbourville, Harlan, Hazard, Hyden, Martin, McDowell, Middlesboro, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, West Liberty, Whitesburg, and South Williamson in Kentucky, and Beckley and Hinton in West Virginia, ensure that residents, tucked away in even the most remote areas, can access the highest quality of care without traveling hours from home. ARH's hospitals, clinics, multi-specialty physician practices, home health agencies, home medical equipment stores, retail pharmacies, and medical spas boast more than 6,700 employees with a network of more than 1,300 providers, making it the single largest employer in southeastern Kentucky and the third-largest private employer in southern West Virginia.