Silver Cross Hospital Awarded 5-Star Rating by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox has been awarded a Five-Star rating by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as announced on July 26, 2023, by medicare.gov/care-compare. 

A CMS 5-Star rating is the highest possible score that CMS assigns to hospitals, placing Silver Cross among the top 10% of ALL eligible hospitals in the United States. The national average is three out of five stars.  

Only 24 hospitals in Illinois received five stars, and Silver Cross is the only hospital in Will and Grundy counties to earn the highest honor. 

The ratings, published by CMS, are designed to help consumers compare hospitals by evaluating safety, quality and patient experiences at more than 4,000 hospitals nationwide. 

The hospital rating system, publicly launched in 2016 by CMS, assigns hospitals one to five stars. The overall summary rating is based on a cumulative score of dozens of measures across five different areas, including mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. 

Silver Cross performed well above the national average in the categories of safety of patient care, mortality and patient experience. 

“At Silver Cross, our patients are at the center of everything we do,” said Ruth Colby, Silver Cross Hospital President and Chief Executive Officer. “A CMS 5-Star rating affirms that we are among the nation’s best at providing exceptional patient care and achieving superior outcomes. This recognition belongs to every one of our employees, Medical Staff members and volunteers who always put the care, safety and experience of our patients first.”

The 2023 CMS Five-Star Rating is in addition to Silver Cross Hospital’s other national awards, accreditations and recognitions including 17 Straight A’s for Safety by the Leapfrog Group and 10 times as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals.

For more information, visit silvercross.org