When CMS updated the formula used in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program in December, the number of hospitals that received the highest possible overall rating fell from 112 in October to 83 in December.
Even though CMS reported 83 hospitals received the top ranking in December, the Hospital Compare spreadsheet shows just 82 hospitals receiving five stars as an overall quality rating. Becker's is awaiting comment from CMS about the discrepancy.
Below is a listing of 82 hospitals that received five stars from CMS in December, broken down by state, as listed in Hospital Compare.
Alabama
Baptist Medical Center East (Montgomery)
Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville)
Marion Regional Medical Center (Hamilton)
Arizona
Banner Heart Hospital (Mesa)
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
Arkansas
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock)
California
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (Santa Barbara)
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla)
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
Methodist Hospital of Southern California (Arcadia)
Colorado
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Durango)
Florida
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Georgia
Gordon Hospital (Calhoun)
Northside Medical Center (Columbus)
Hawaii
Straub Clinic and Hospital (Honolulu)
Idaho
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center (Boise)
Illinois
Advocate Condell Medical Center (Libertyville)
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington)
Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital
Centegra Health System-McHenry Hospital
Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee)
Indiana
Franciscan Health Mooresville
IU Health West Hospital (Avon)
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper)
Schneck Medical Center (Seymour)
St. Catherine Hospital (East Chicago)
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital
Iowa
Iowa Specialty Hospital-Belmond
Mercy Hospital (Iowa City)
Kansas
Kansas Heart Hospital (Wichita)
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Louisiana
Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center (Bossier City)
Maine
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital (Ellsworth)
Massachusetts
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
Michigan
Holland Community Hospital
McLaren-Northern Michigan (Petoskey)
Oaklawn Hospital (Marshall)
Spectrum Health United Hospital (Greenville)
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
Missouri
Mosaic Life Care at Saint Joseph
Nebraska
CHI Health Nebraska Heart (Lincoln)
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha)
New York
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
North Carolina
Carolina East Medical Center (New Bern)
Ohio
Dublin Methodist Hospital
Fairview Hospital (Cleveland)
Mercy St. Anne Hospital (Toledo)
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods (Youngstown)
UHHS Memorial Hospital of Geneva
Oklahoma
Community Hospital (Oklahoma City)
McBride Orthopedic Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (Tulsa)
Pennsylvania
Chester County Hospital (West Chester)
Main Line Hospital Paoli
Rhode Island
South County Hospital (Wakefield)
South Carolina
Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital (Charleston)
GHS Greer Memorial Hospital
GHS Patewood Memorial Hospital (Greenville)
Roper Hospital (Charleston)
South Dakota
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
Avera St. Luke's (Aberdeen)
Texas
Citizens Medical Center (Victoria)
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg)
Memorial Hermann Hospital System (Houston)
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (Houston)
The Methodist Hospital (Houston)
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital (San Antonio)
St. David's Medical Center (Austin)
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest (Fort Worth)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital (Tyler)
Washington
EvergreenHealth Medical Center (Kirkland)
University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle)
Wisconsin
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital
Sauk Prairie Hospital (Prairie du Sac)
St. Mary's Hospital (Madison)
UnityPoint Health-Meriter (Madison)