11 Florida Hospitals Earn 5-Star Ratings From Medicare

FLORIDA — Eleven Florida hospitals were given a 5-star rating, the best possible, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid said recently.

They are among 483 hospitals nationwide to receive the coveted CMS 5-star rating based on their performance across five categories measuring quality of care.

The agency’s Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2023 include 54 more 5-star hospitals than last year.

These Florida hospitals received the top rating:

• Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers)
• Mease Dunedin Hospital (Dunedin)
• AdventHealth Daytona Beach (Daytona Beach)
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital
• Baptist Medical Center - Nassau (Fernandina Beach)
• Mayo Clinic Florida (Jacksonville)
• Cape Canaveral Hospital (Cocoa Beach)
• Morton Plant Mease Healthcare Countryside (Safety Harbor)
• Gulf Breeze Hospital
• Viera Hospital (Melbourne)
• AdventHealth Wesley Chapel

The Medicare star rating system takes into account information from hospitals based on 46 hospital quality measures. These are divided into five quality categories: safety of care, mortality, patient experience, readmission rates and timely and effective care.

Data reporting periods range from July 2018 to March 2022, depending on the measure.