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U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named Kaiser Permanente’s Anaheim and Irvine medical centers along with 11 other Kaiser Permanente Southern California hospitals as a 2025 High Performing medical center for Maternity Care.
This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.
“We are deeply honored by this recognition and proud to provide exceptional care to mothers, babies, and families,” said Payman Roshan, senior vice-president and area manager at Kaiser Permanente Orange County. “The acknowledgment of two of our hospitals is a testament to our dedicated care teams, whose foremost priority is delivering high-quality, personalized maternity care to both mother and baby.”
U.S. News began evaluating maternity care hospitals in 2021, rating hospitals that provide labor and delivery services and submit detailed data to the publication for analysis. Best Hospitals for Maternity Care assist expectant parents, in consultation with their prenatal care team, in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity services that best meets their family’s needs.
“We are honored to be acknowledged by U.S. News & World Report for our outstanding maternity care,” stated Dr. Todd Newton, area medical director for Kaiser Permanente Orange County. “Our dedicated physicians and care teams, along with our integrated care delivery system, enable us to offer the best possible experience and outcomes for parents and their newborns.”
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, Panorama City, Downey, Baldwin Park, South Bay, Riverside, Fontana, Ontario, San Diego and Zion medical centers also earned a “High Performing” designation in recognition of maternity care as measured by several factors. They included severe unexpected newborn complication rates, birthing-friendly practices and transparency on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures.
“The hospitals recognized by U.S. News as Best Hospitals for Maternity Care showcase exceptional care for expectant parents,” said Jennifer Winston, a health data scientist at U.S. News. “These hospitals demonstrate significantly lower C-section rates and severe unexpected newborn complications compared to hospitals not recognized by U.S. News.”
U.S. News evaluated 817 hospitals from across the United States. Only half of all hospitals evaluated for U.S. News’ 2025 ratings edition were recognized as Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.
The U.S. News Best Hospitals for Maternity Care methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, severe unexpected newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, birthing-friendly practices and reporting on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures
