May 2026 to August 2026 - CMS Hospital Compare

Hospitals That Improved

812 hospitals gained at least one CMS overall star between the two most recent releases. This lists the 200 largest moves.

812
Gained a star
83
Gained 2 or more
2,835
Rated in both releases

What improvement means here

A hospital counts as improved only if CMS published a rating in both releases and the newer one is higher; 812 of 2,835 comparable hospitals qualify, and 83 of those moved by two stars or more.

117
gained one star
80
gained two stars
3
gained three stars
Hospital City State May 2026 August 2026 Move
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange GA 2 5 +3
Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington WA 1 4 +3
Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Murphy NC 1 4 +3
Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast FL 3 5 +2
Akron General Medical Center Akron OH 3 5 +2
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital Richmond VA 3 5 +2
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs IA 3 5 +2
Community Hospital of Anaconda Anaconda MT 3 5 +2
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring PA 3 5 +2
Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital Mesa AZ 3 5 +2
Emerson Hospital - W Concord MA 3 5 +2
Fairview Hospital Great Barrington MA 3 5 +2
Fayetteville Nc VA Medical Center Fayetteville NC 3 5 +2
Grande Ronde Hospital La Grande OR 3 5 +2
Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre NY 3 5 +2
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna MN 3 5 +2
Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center Santa Fe NM 3 5 +2
Reedsburg Area Medical Center Reedsburg WI 3 5 +2
Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington DC 3 5 +2
St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Fort Thomas KY 3 5 +2
St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw WA 3 5 +2
Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville CA 3 5 +2
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne TX 3 5 +2
Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven CT 3 5 +2
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Lincoln IL 2 4 +2
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr Fort Washington MD 2 4 +2
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc Morganton NC 2 4 +2
Buchanan General Hospital Grundy VA 2 4 +2
Centrastate Medical Center Freehold NJ 2 4 +2
CHI St Alexius Health Bismarck ND 2 4 +2
Chino Valley Medical Center Chino CA 2 4 +2
Colquitt Regional Medical Center Moultrie GA 2 4 +2
Dell Seton Med Center at the University of Tx Austin TX 2 4 +2
Fayette Medical Center Fayette AL 2 4 +2
Highline Medical Center Burien WA 2 4 +2
Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke MA 2 4 +2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey CA 2 4 +2
Kettering Health Dayton Dayton OH 2 4 +2
Laredo Medical Center Laredo TX 2 4 +2
Lonesome Pine Hospital Big Stone Gap VA 2 4 +2
Long Island Community Hospital Patchogue NY 2 4 +2
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque NM 2 4 +2
Mahaska Health Partnership Oskaloosa IA 2 4 +2
McCurtain Memorial Hospital Idabel OK 2 4 +2
Medical City las Colinas Irving TX 2 4 +2
Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital Cincinnati OH 2 4 +2
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield TX 2 4 +2
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster SC 2 4 +2
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Salisbury NC 2 4 +2
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc Newnan GA 2 4 +2
Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital Easley SC 2 4 +2
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital Clinton SC 2 4 +2
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett WA 2 4 +2
Russellville Hospital Russellville AL 2 4 +2
Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin Elgin IL 2 4 +2
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center West Burlington IA 2 4 +2
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center Newport TN 2 4 +2
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington TX 2 4 +2
Tristar Summit Medical Center Hermitage TN 2 4 +2
Unc Rockingham Eden NC 2 4 +2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City MO 2 4 +2
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics Chicago IL 2 4 +2
University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton Easton MD 2 4 +2
Villages Regional Hospital, the The Villages FL 2 4 +2
Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier CA 2 4 +2
William Newton Hospital Winfield KS 2 4 +2
Winnmed Decorah IA 2 4 +2
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Fort Bragg CA 1 3 +2
Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley WV 1 3 +2
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg WV 1 3 +2
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Lenoir NC 1 3 +2
Comanche County Medical Center Comanche TX 1 3 +2
Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton MI 1 3 +2
Highland Hospital Rochester NY 1 3 +2
Livingston Healthcare Livingston MT 1 3 +2
Merit Health Central Jackson MS 1 3 +2
Mission Community Hospital Panorama City CA 1 3 +2
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics Lafayette LA 1 3 +2
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center Americus GA 1 3 +2
Rutland Regional Medical Center Rutland VT 1 3 +2
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon OR 1 3 +2
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center Alamosa CO 1 3 +2
University Medical Center of el Paso El Paso TX 1 3 +2
Adventhealth Castle Rock Castle Rock CO 4 5 +1
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach FL 4 5 +1
Adventhealth Hendersonville Hendersonville NC 4 5 +1
Adventhealth Parker Parker CO 4 5 +1
Adventhealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel FL 4 5 +1
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington IL 4 5 +1
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee WI 4 5 +1
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn WI 4 5 +1
Bailey Medical Center, LLC Owasso OK 4 5 +1
Baptist Health Lagrange La Grange KY 4 5 +1
Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami FL 4 5 +1
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital Creve Coeur MO 4 5 +1
Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - Dallas Dallas TX 4 5 +1
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple TX 4 5 +1
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham MA 4 5 +1
Bronson Lakeview Hospital Paw Paw MI 4 5 +1
Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr PA 4 5 +1
Carson Valley Health Gardnerville NV 4 5 +1
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic IA 4 5 +1
Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital Bedford VA 4 5 +1
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus Westminster CO 4 5 +1
Chester County Hospital West Chester PA 4 5 +1
Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains NJ 4 5 +1
Clarksburg VA Medical Center Clarksburg WV 4 5 +1
Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston FL 4 5 +1
Corewell Health Gerber Hospital Fremont MI 4 5 +1
Dayton VA Medical Center Dayton OH 4 5 +1
Duke Regional Hospital Durham NC 4 5 +1
Franciscan Health Crawfordsville Crawfordsville IN 4 5 +1
Fresno VA Medical Center (VA Central California Healthcare System) Fresno CA 4 5 +1
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital Orwigsburg PA 4 5 +1
Genesis Hospital Zanesville OH 4 5 +1
Gifford Medical Center Randolph VT 4 5 +1
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore MD 4 5 +1
Greenwich Hospital Association - Greenwich CT 4 5 +1
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Westwood NJ 4 5 +1
HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa FL 4 5 +1
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital Niceville FL 4 5 +1
Holy Cross Hospital-Davis Layton UT 4 5 +1
Holy Name Medical Center Teaneck NJ 4 5 +1
Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Ctr Scottsdale AZ 4 5 +1
Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital Sugar Land TX 4 5 +1
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston TX 4 5 +1
Houston VA Medical Center Houston TX 4 5 +1
Hudson Valley Hospital Center Cortlandt Manor NY 4 5 +1
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria VA 4 5 +1
Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital Sandy UT 4 5 +1
Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital Riverton UT 4 5 +1
James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona) Altoona PA 4 5 +1
Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore MD 4 5 +1
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - los Angeles Los Angeles CA 4 5 +1
Keck Hospital of Usc Los Angeles CA 4 5 +1
Kettering Health Troy Troy OH 4 5 +1
Knapp Medical Center Weslaco TX 4 5 +1
Lds Hospital Salt Lake City UT 4 5 +1
Leconte Medical Center Sevierville TN 4 5 +1
Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers FL 4 5 +1
Lenox Hill Hospital New York NY 4 5 +1
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina MN 4 5 +1
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital Maplewood MN 4 5 +1
Maple Grove Hospital Maple Grove MN 4 5 +1
Marinhealth Medical Center Greenbrae CA 4 5 +1
Matagorda Regional Medical Center Bay City TX 4 5 +1
Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont Fairmont MN 4 5 +1
Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland CO 4 5 +1
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Chattanooga TN 4 5 +1
Memorial Hospital Belleville IL 4 5 +1
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers AR 4 5 +1
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis MO 4 5 +1
Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch West Branch MI 4 5 +1
New York-Presbyterian/Queens Flushing NY 4 5 +1
Nmc Health Newton KS 4 5 +1
North Shore Medical Center - Salem MA 4 5 +1
North Shore University Hospital Manhasset NY 4 5 +1
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor ME 4 5 +1
Northport VA Medical Center Northport NY 4 5 +1
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Dekalb IL 4 5 +1
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Matthews NC 4 5 +1
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital Winston-Salem NC 4 5 +1
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center Charlotte NC 4 5 +1
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Charlotte NC 4 5 +1
Oklahoma Surgical Hospital, LLC Tulsa OK 4 5 +1
Overlook Medical Center Summit NJ 4 5 +1
Park City Hospital Park City UT 4 5 +1
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital Greenville SC 4 5 +1
Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital Defiance OH 4 5 +1
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance CA 4 5 +1
Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo CA 4 5 +1
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of Williamsburg Williamsburg VA 4 5 +1
Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa OK 4 5 +1
Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls SD 4 5 +1
Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica CA 4 5 +1
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice North Venice FL 4 5 +1
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach VA 4 5 +1
Sentara Rmh Medical Center Harrisonburg VA 4 5 +1
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Williamsburg VA 4 5 +1
Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers New Lenox IL 4 5 +1
South Pointe Hospital Warrensville Heights OH 4 5 +1
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc Newnan GA 4 5 +1
St Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates IL 4 5 +1
St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor WA 4 5 +1
St Catherine of Siena Hospital Smithtown NY 4 5 +1
St Charles Hospital Port Jefferson NY 4 5 +1
St Elizabeth Edgewood Edgewood KY 4 5 +1
St Johns Medical Center Jackson WY 4 5 +1
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus Lehighton PA 4 5 +1
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus Stroudsburg PA 4 5 +1
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown PA 4 5 +1
St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa ID 4 5 +1
St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise ID 4 5 +1
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City Kansas City MO 4 5 +1
St Mary Medical Center Long Beach CA 4 5 +1
St. George Regional Hospital St George UT 4 5 +1
Stamford Hospital Stamford CT 4 5 +1
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton CA 4 5 +1
Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook NY 4 5 +1
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn CA 4 5 +1

How this is derived

CMS replaces its Hospital Compare file at each release rather than publishing a changelog, so a rating change leaves no upstream trace. We keep a snapshot of every facility's rating from each release we ingest and difference the two most recent by Medicare facility ID. Hospitals CMS left unrated in either release are excluded rather than treated as zero, because an absent rating means reporting volumes fell below CMS thresholds. A rise in the star rating reflects CMS's own recalculation across its measure groups; it is not our assessment of the hospital. CMS Hospital Compare / Care Compare is the source for both sides of the comparison. See also the full release diff and hospitals that declined.

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