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Hospitals in District of Columbia with the lowest hospital-acquired condition score

6 District of Columbia hospitals ranked by hospital-acquired condition score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, United Medical Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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6 hospitals ranked in District of Columbia by hospital-acquired condition score; 4 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-acquired condition scorelower 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 average0.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · Acute care−0.363210.4%7.0%14.4%0.71377 min1.02818Compare
2United Medical CenterWashington, DC · Acute care−0.173——9.5%14.7%0.92264 min1.04—Compare
3MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care+0.0333—8.3%14.7%1.13365 min1.00535Compare
4Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care+0.065312.2%9.8%14.8%0.68310 min0.96362Compare
5George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care+0.342210.5%7.7%15.3%1.34345 min0.98371Compare
6Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · Acute care+0.601210.9%9.9%14.9%1.62222 min0.98479Compare

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.

Hospital-acquired condition score
Total score in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, from patient safety events and infections (weighted z-scores; 0 is about average, higher is worse). Medicare cuts payments 1% for the worst-scoring quarter of hospitals..
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).