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Hospitals in Connecticut with the largest Medicare value-based purchasing bonuses

23 Connecticut hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sharon Hospital, Greenwich Hospital Association -, Johnson Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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23 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by value-based purchasing adjustment; 13 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalValue-based purchasing adjustmenthigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure 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 average+0.13%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care+1.23%54—11.3%14.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
2Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care+0.97%5310.7%6.5%14.7%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
3Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care+0.95%33—12.8%16.0%0.97182 min0.9892Compare
4Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care+0.86%33—13.0%16.1%0.83147 min0.96109Compare
5Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care+0.17%3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
T6Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care+0.15%4312.3%8.5%15.6%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
T6Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care+0.15%429.6%10.8%15.5%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
8Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care+0.15%4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
9William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care+0.15%4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
10Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care+0.14%5311.1%11.6%14.1%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
11Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care+0.11%42—9.5%14.9%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
12MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care+0.09%4312.2%12.2%14.9%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
13John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care−0.12%3412.6%12.4%14.8%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
14Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care−0.18%34—12.7%14.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
15Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care−0.23%3310.9%10.7%14.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
16Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care−0.25%4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
17Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care−0.25%33—11.2%15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
18Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care−0.34%23—10.8%16.0%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
19Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care−0.43%3210.8%11.8%15.5%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
20St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care−0.46%4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
21The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care−0.53%2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
22Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care−0.55%2311.7%12.4%14.8%1.18227 min1.03357Compare
23Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care−0.66%23—10.5%15.2%0.97221 min1.07104Compare

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.

Value-based purchasing adjustment
Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..
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.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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).