Source:  WHA’s The Valued Voice newsletter, 8/17/23

Wisconsin boasts the fourth-highest percentage of five-star-rated hospitals across the country, well above national average.

Wisconsin hospitals’ healthcare quality tops the national average and has the fourth-most five-star rated hospitals in the country, according to the recently released Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The ratings reflect 46 measures across five categories of quality: mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timely and effective care.