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Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest heart failure death rate

26 Connecticut hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Greenwich Hospital Association -, Yale-New Haven Hospital, West Haven VA Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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26 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by heart failure death rate; 10 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care6.5%5310.7%14.7%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
2Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care7.1%539.4%14.2%0.70198 min0.99874Compare
3West Haven VA Medical CenterWest Haven, CT · Veterans Affairs7.4%3412.6%15.6%1.01——813Compare
4Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care8.5%4312.3%15.6%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
5Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care9.4%4312.7%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
6Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care9.5%42—14.9%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
7Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care9.7%3311.1%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
8William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care10.2%4311.5%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
9Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care10.5%23—15.2%0.97221 min1.07104Compare
10Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care10.7%3310.9%14.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
T11Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care10.8%429.6%15.5%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
T11Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care10.8%23—16.0%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
13Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care11.2%33—15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
14Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care11.3%54—14.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
T15Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care11.6%5311.1%14.1%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
T15Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care11.6%4411.1%13.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
17Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care11.8%3210.8%15.5%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
18St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care11.9%2211.6%14.8%1.39275 min1.05617Compare
19MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care12.2%4312.2%14.9%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
T20John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care12.4%3412.6%14.8%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
T20The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care12.4%2312.7%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
T20Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care12.4%2311.7%14.8%1.18227 min1.03357Compare
23St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care12.5%4311.0%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
24Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care12.7%34—14.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
25Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care12.8%33—16.0%0.97182 min0.9892Compare
26Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care13.0%33—16.1%0.83147 min0.96109Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).