The magazine released its hospital rankings for 2021-22 early Tuesday. The 2021-22 report reviewed about 4,750 hospitals nationwide in 15 specialties â the primary focus of the report â along with 17 procedures and conditions. Only 175 hospitals nationwide out of about 4,750 were ranked in at least one national top-50 specialty, while about 1,500 received at least one high-performance category ranking. US News defines a high-performance specialty ranking as being outside the top-50 nationally, but âwas significantly better than average.â Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center achieved a high-performance ranking in neurology and neurosurgery, while Cone Health was ranked in gastroenterology and GI surgery, and urology. Forsyth Medical Center did not receive a high-performance specialty ranking.