Hospital Compare update: 20 Michigan hospitals get top rating

Twenty Michigan hospitals were given the top rating — 5 stars — in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ January 2020 Hospital Compare overall ratings.

Over the past four years, the number of 5-star hospitals in Michigan has increased. The number of 5-star hospitals:

2020 — 20
2019 — 11
2018 —10
2017 — 5

Here’s how Michigan hospitals fared in the January 2020 update:

5 stars: 20 hospitals
4 stars: 38 hospitals
3 stars: 28 hospitals
2 stars: 19 hospitals
1 star: 4 hospitals

Using CMS data, the Hospital Compare overall hospital rating uses measures across seven areas of quality to calculate a “star” rating — from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) — for hospitals nationwide. The ratings are based on quality data as recent as October 2019. To learn more about how the overall hospital rating is calculated, click here.

Consumers can use Hospital Compare to search for information about the quality of care at Medicare-certified hospitals. To find a hospital, click here.

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