Rex Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.)

Part of UNC Healthcare, Rex has 4,600 employees, more than 1,100 physicians on staff, and 665 beds and treats nearly 34,000 inpatients each year. Rex Physicians, its group of employed physicians, works closely with UNC Physicians & Associates and UNC Healthcare on managed care contracts. In July 2010, state regulators approved Rex’s certificate of need application to build a $60 million cancer hospital that will open in 2014. In addition to other distinctions, it received the Five Star Performer Award from Professional Research Consultants for Best Overall Quality of Care in 2010, for the third consecutive year.