Maryland Hospitals Rated First to Worst: Where Does Your Hospital Rate?

CORRECTION: A previous version of this post incorrectly attributed the Overall Hospital Rating answers on the HCAHPS surveys to the Summary Star Rating. The list has been updated to reflect the actual Summary Star Ratings in the latest CMS data and the story has been updated to reflect the actual rankings numbers.

Reporting by TOM DAVIS (Patch Staff)

How does your hospital rate?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare sifted through data for nearly 5,000 hospitals and results from surveys from patients to rank the centers, from worst to first, in terms of in-patient care.

In its latest report, no Maryland hospital (out of 309 nationally) earned five stars, while three received one star. Poor scores can result lower reimbursement rates from Medicare under the government’s value-based purchasing program, according to the survey.

CMS, a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide recommended care to their patients, updated its rankings on Oct. 8, which are based on patient responses to Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys between Jan.1 and Dec. 31 of 2014. Patients receive these at the end of their care and are asked to answer questions on the quality of the experience they received from each hospital.

Here’s the full list of the latest CMS rankings for Maryland:

4 stars

• Mercy Medical Center Inc., Baltimore: 4

3 stars

• Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis: 3
• Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin: 3
• Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick: 3
• Carroll Hospital Center, Westminster: 3
• Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick: 3
• Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland: 3
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore: 3
• Howard County General Hospital, Columbia: 3
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore: 3
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore: 3
• Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore: 3
• Medstar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore: 3
• Medstar Saint Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown: 3
• Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore: 3
• Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore, Baltimore: 3
• Union Hospital Of Cecil County, Elkton: 3
• University Of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace: 3
• University Of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore: 3
• University Of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center, Towson: 3
• University Of Md Balto Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie: 3
• University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton, Easton: 3
• University Of Md Shore Medical Ctr At Chestertown, Chestertown: 3
• Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, Cumberland: 3

2 stars

• Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center, Rockville: 2
• Adventist Healthcare Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park: 2
• Doctors’ Community Hospital, Lanham: 2
• Fort Washington Hospital, Fort Washington: 2
• Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring: 2
• Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore: 2
• Medstar Montgomery Medical Center, Olney: 2
• Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton: 2
• Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown: 2
• Northwest Hospital Center, Randallstown: 2
• Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury: 2
• Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore: 2
• Suburban Hospital, Bethesda: 2
• University Of MD Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air: 2
• University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center, La Plata: 2
• University Of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore: 2

1 star

• Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore: 1
• Laurel Regional Medical Center, Laurel: 1
• Prince Georges Hospital Center, Cheverly: 1