Centura Health – Mercy Regional Medical Center earned five-star rating for overall hospital quality from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the sixth consecutive year.
Mercy is one of only 16 in Colorado to receive a five-star rating for overall hospital quality in the most recent release.
The overall hospital quality star ratings are based on a composite score from seven categories containing a total of 57 hospital quality measures. Outcome categories include mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care and effective use of medical imaging.
For more information about the CMS hospital quality ratings, visit www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Data/Hospital-overall-ratings-calculation.html.
