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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 May 2026August 2026Move
1 Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange, GA 2 5 +3
2 Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA 1 4 +3
3 Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Murphy, NC 1 4 +3
4 Adventhealth Palm Coast Palm Coast, FL 3 5 +2
5 Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH 3 5 +2
6 Bon Secours St Marys Hospital Richmond, VA 3 5 +2
7 CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA 3 5 +2
8 Community Hospital of Anaconda Anaconda, MT 3 5 +2
9 Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring, PA 3 5 +2
10 Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital Mesa, AZ 3 5 +2
11 Emerson Hospital - W Concord, MA 3 5 +2
12 Fairview Hospital Great Barrington, MA 3 5 +2
13 Fayetteville Nc VA Medical Center Fayetteville, NC 3 5 +2
14 Grande Ronde Hospital La Grande, OR 3 5 +2
15 Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre, NY 3 5 +2
16 Owatonna Hospital Owatonna, MN 3 5 +2
17 Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center Santa Fe, NM 3 5 +2
18 Reedsburg Area Medical Center Reedsburg, WI 3 5 +2
19 Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington, DC 3 5 +2
20 St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Fort Thomas, KY 3 5 +2
21 St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA 3 5 +2
22 Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA 3 5 +2
23 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne, TX 3 5 +2
24 Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT 3 5 +2
25 Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Lincoln, IL 2 4 +2
26 Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr Fort Washington, MD 2 4 +2
27 Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc Morganton, NC 2 4 +2
28 Buchanan General Hospital Grundy, VA 2 4 +2
29 Centrastate Medical Center Freehold, NJ 2 4 +2
30 CHI St Alexius Health Bismarck, ND 2 4 +2
31 Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA 2 4 +2
32 Colquitt Regional Medical Center Moultrie, GA 2 4 +2
33 Dell Seton Med Center at the University of Tx Austin, TX 2 4 +2
34 Fayette Medical Center Fayette, AL 2 4 +2
35 Highline Medical Center Burien, WA 2 4 +2
36 Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke, MA 2 4 +2
37 Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA 2 4 +2
38 Kettering Health Dayton Dayton, OH 2 4 +2
39 Laredo Medical Center Laredo, TX 2 4 +2
40 Lonesome Pine Hospital Big Stone Gap, VA 2 4 +2
41 Long Island Community Hospital Patchogue, NY 2 4 +2
42 Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM 2 4 +2
43 Mahaska Health Partnership Oskaloosa, IA 2 4 +2
44 McCurtain Memorial Hospital Idabel, OK 2 4 +2
45 Medical City las Colinas Irving, TX 2 4 +2
46 Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH 2 4 +2
47 Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield, TX 2 4 +2
48 MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC 2 4 +2
49 Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Salisbury, NC 2 4 +2
50 Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc Newnan, GA 2 4 +2
51 Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital Easley, SC 2 4 +2
52 Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital Clinton, SC 2 4 +2
53 Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA 2 4 +2
54 Russellville Hospital Russellville, AL 2 4 +2
55 Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin Elgin, IL 2 4 +2
56 Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center West Burlington, IA 2 4 +2
57 Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center Newport, TN 2 4 +2
58 Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX 2 4 +2
59 Tristar Summit Medical Center Hermitage, TN 2 4 +2
60 Unc Rockingham Eden, NC 2 4 +2
61 University Health Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO 2 4 +2
62 University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics Chicago, IL 2 4 +2
63 University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton Easton, MD 2 4 +2
64 Villages Regional Hospital, the The Villages, FL 2 4 +2
65 Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA 2 4 +2
66 William Newton Hospital Winfield, KS 2 4 +2
67 Winnmed Decorah, IA 2 4 +2
68 Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Fort Bragg, CA 1 3 +2
69 Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley, WV 1 3 +2
70 Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV 1 3 +2
71 Caldwell Memorial Hospital Lenoir, NC 1 3 +2
72 Comanche County Medical Center Comanche, TX 1 3 +2
73 Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI 1 3 +2
74 Highland Hospital Rochester, NY 1 3 +2
75 Livingston Healthcare Livingston, MT 1 3 +2
76 Merit Health Central Jackson, MS 1 3 +2
77 Mission Community Hospital Panorama City, CA 1 3 +2
78 Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics Lafayette, LA 1 3 +2
79 Phoebe Sumter Medical Center Americus, GA 1 3 +2
80 Rutland Regional Medical Center Rutland, VT 1 3 +2
81 Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR 1 3 +2
82 San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center Alamosa, CO 1 3 +2
83 University Medical Center of el Paso El Paso, TX 1 3 +2
84 Adventhealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 4 5 +1
85 Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL 4 5 +1
86 Adventhealth Hendersonville Hendersonville, NC 4 5 +1
87 Adventhealth Parker Parker, CO 4 5 +1
88 Adventhealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL 4 5 +1
89 Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL 4 5 +1
90 Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee, WI 4 5 +1
91 Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn, WI 4 5 +1
92 Bailey Medical Center, LLC Owasso, OK 4 5 +1
93 Baptist Health Lagrange La Grange, KY 4 5 +1
94 Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL 4 5 +1
95 Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital Creve Coeur, MO 4 5 +1
96 Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital - Dallas Dallas, TX 4 5 +1
97 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple, TX 4 5 +1
98 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA 4 5 +1
99 Bronson Lakeview Hospital Paw Paw, MI 4 5 +1
100 Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA 4 5 +1
101 Carson Valley Health Gardnerville, NV 4 5 +1
102 Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic, IA 4 5 +1
103 Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital Bedford, VA 4 5 +1
104 Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus Westminster, CO 4 5 +1
105 Chester County Hospital West Chester, PA 4 5 +1
106 Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ 4 5 +1
107 Clarksburg VA Medical Center Clarksburg, WV 4 5 +1
108 Cleveland Clinic Hospital Weston, FL 4 5 +1
109 Corewell Health Gerber Hospital Fremont, MI 4 5 +1
110 Dayton VA Medical Center Dayton, OH 4 5 +1
111 Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC 4 5 +1
112 Franciscan Health Crawfordsville Crawfordsville, IN 4 5 +1
113 Fresno VA Medical Center (VA Central California Healthcare System) Fresno, CA 4 5 +1
114 Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital Orwigsburg, PA 4 5 +1
115 Genesis Hospital Zanesville, OH 4 5 +1
116 Gifford Medical Center Randolph, VT 4 5 +1
117 Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore, MD 4 5 +1
118 Greenwich Hospital Association - Greenwich, CT 4 5 +1
119 Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Westwood, NJ 4 5 +1
120 HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Tampa, FL 4 5 +1
121 HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital Niceville, FL 4 5 +1
122 Holy Cross Hospital-Davis Layton, UT 4 5 +1
123 Holy Name Medical Center Teaneck, NJ 4 5 +1
124 Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Ctr Scottsdale, AZ 4 5 +1
125 Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital Sugar Land, TX 4 5 +1
126 Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston, TX 4 5 +1
127 Houston VA Medical Center Houston, TX 4 5 +1
128 Hudson Valley Hospital Center Cortlandt Manor, NY 4 5 +1
129 Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA 4 5 +1
130 Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital Sandy, UT 4 5 +1
131 Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital Riverton, UT 4 5 +1
132 James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona) Altoona, PA 4 5 +1
133 Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 4 5 +1
134 Kaiser Foundation Hospital - los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 4 5 +1
135 Keck Hospital of Usc Los Angeles, CA 4 5 +1
136 Kettering Health Troy Troy, OH 4 5 +1
137 Knapp Medical Center Weslaco, TX 4 5 +1
138 Lds Hospital Salt Lake City, UT 4 5 +1
139 Leconte Medical Center Sevierville, TN 4 5 +1
140 Lee Memorial Hospital Fort Myers, FL 4 5 +1
141 Lenox Hill Hospital New York, NY 4 5 +1
142 M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN 4 5 +1
143 M Health Fairview St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN 4 5 +1
144 Maple Grove Hospital Maple Grove, MN 4 5 +1
145 Marinhealth Medical Center Greenbrae, CA 4 5 +1
146 Matagorda Regional Medical Center Bay City, TX 4 5 +1
147 Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont Fairmont, MN 4 5 +1
148 Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO 4 5 +1
149 Memorial Healthcare System, Inc Chattanooga, TN 4 5 +1
150 Memorial Hospital Belleville, IL 4 5 +1
151 Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR 4 5 +1
152 Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO 4 5 +1
153 Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch West Branch, MI 4 5 +1
154 New York-Presbyterian/Queens Flushing, NY 4 5 +1
155 Nmc Health Newton, KS 4 5 +1
156 North Shore Medical Center - Salem, MA 4 5 +1
157 North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY 4 5 +1
158 Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME 4 5 +1
159 Northport VA Medical Center Northport, NY 4 5 +1
160 Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Dekalb, IL 4 5 +1
161 Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Matthews, NC 4 5 +1
162 Novant Health Medical Park Hospital Winston-Salem, NC 4 5 +1
163 Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center Charlotte, NC 4 5 +1
164 Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Charlotte, NC 4 5 +1
165 Oklahoma Surgical Hospital, LLC Tulsa, OK 4 5 +1
166 Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ 4 5 +1
167 Park City Hospital Park City, UT 4 5 +1
168 Prisma Health Patewood Hospital Greenville, SC 4 5 +1
169 Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital Defiance, OH 4 5 +1
170 Providence Little Company of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance, CA 4 5 +1
171 Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, CA 4 5 +1
172 Riverside Doctors' Hospital of Williamsburg Williamsburg, VA 4 5 +1
173 Saint Francis Hospital, Inc Tulsa, OK 4 5 +1
174 Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD 4 5 +1
175 Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica, CA 4 5 +1
176 Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice North Venice, FL 4 5 +1
177 Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA 4 5 +1
178 Sentara Rmh Medical Center Harrisonburg, VA 4 5 +1
179 Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Williamsburg, VA 4 5 +1
180 Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers New Lenox, IL 4 5 +1
181 South Pointe Hospital Warrensville Heights, OH 4 5 +1
182 Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc Newnan, GA 4 5 +1
183 St Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates, IL 4 5 +1
184 St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA 4 5 +1
185 St Catherine of Siena Hospital Smithtown, NY 4 5 +1
186 St Charles Hospital Port Jefferson, NY 4 5 +1
187 St Elizabeth Edgewood Edgewood, KY 4 5 +1
188 St Johns Medical Center Jackson, WY 4 5 +1
189 St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus Lehighton, PA 4 5 +1
190 St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus Stroudsburg, PA 4 5 +1
191 St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA 4 5 +1
192 St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa, ID 4 5 +1
193 St Luke's Regional Medical Center Boise, ID 4 5 +1
194 St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City Kansas City, MO 4 5 +1
195 St Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA 4 5 +1
196 St. George Regional Hospital St George, UT 4 5 +1
197 Stamford Hospital Stamford, CT 4 5 +1
198 Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA 4 5 +1
199 Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY 4 5 +1
200 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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