Maine Docs Rated Worst; New Jersey's Rated Best: How Do Your Docs Rate?

The people in Maine rate their doctors as the worst in the country, according to a new study. The state's physicians received the lowest average score across the nation in the 2020 Patient Sentiment Report, an analysis of feedback from 8.4 million health care consumers by the Medical Group Management Association and provider rating website Healthgrades. The study examined quantitative and qualitative data from the ratings patients gave their doctors, and then scored them on six attributes: bedside manner, communication, skill and care quality, staff, length of office visits, and waiting time for office visits. Click here for the complete report.