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Hospitals in Georgia with the best net Medicare quality adjustments

92 Georgia hospitals ranked by net Medicare quality adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: AdventHealth Murray, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin, Memorial Health Meadows Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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92 hospitals ranked in Georgia by net medicare quality adjustment; 57 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalNet Medicare quality 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−0.48%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA · Acute care+3.75%55—9.4%14.6%—144 min0.7842Compare
2Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega, GA · Acute care+2.73%54—9.6%14.7%—157 min0.8352Compare
3Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care+2.03%5512.3%10.8%15.2%0.92134 min0.8987Compare
4Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · Acute care+1.37%5412.1%12.3%14.8%0.90151 min0.93276Compare
5Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus, GA · Acute care+1.31%33—12.3%15.5%1.06216 min0.88143Compare
6Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care+1.25%55——15.7%1.03—1.0825Compare
7Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro, GA · Acute care+1.09%4——10.8%14.7%—169 min0.9172Compare
8Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · Acute care+0.52%44—10.0%15.1%0.96156 min0.9340Compare
9Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · Acute care+0.47%4314.5%10.7%15.3%0.87138 min0.96185Compare
10Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · Acute care+0.46%43—8.5%14.5%0.94153 min0.9176Compare
11Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care+0.42%4310.1%9.1%14.8%0.96254 min0.94579Compare
12Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care+0.42%4310.5%9.2%14.4%1.01204 min0.92143Compare
13Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest, GA · Acute care+0.38%34—10.3%15.4%1.00151 min0.8453Compare
14Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · Acute care+0.34%4414.1%11.4%16.3%0.89173 min0.9199Compare
15Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · Acute care+0.18%3312.4%9.5%15.7%1.26255 min0.93241Compare
16AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · Acute care+0.15%3410.9%11.2%14.2%0.98175 min0.8769Compare
17Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · Acute care+0.15%4311.2%9.7%15.7%0.96200 min0.8883Compare
18Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · Acute care+0.15%3312.2%8.6%15.6%0.88169 min0.94139Compare
19Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · Acute care+0.13%5311.6%12.0%14.7%0.88200 min1.07100Compare
20Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · Acute care+0.03%3310.9%11.5%16.7%0.88127 min0.99237Compare
21Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care+0.01%4311.6%9.7%14.5%0.85210 min0.90110Compare
22Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · Acute care+0.01%4411.8%10.0%15.5%1.01183 min0.95315Compare
T23Burke Medical CenterWaynesboro, GA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.7%0.97120 min1.0140Compare
T23Donalsonville Hospital IncDonalsonville, GA · Acute care0.00%————14.8%0.98188 min0.8265Compare
T23Evans Memorial HospitalClaxton, GA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.7%0.99136 min1.0449Compare
T23Grady General HospitalCairo, GA · Acute care0.00%————14.4%—144 min0.9760Compare
T23Jefferson HospitalLouisville, GA · Acute care0.00%—4——15.2%—99 min—65Compare
T23SGMC Berrien CampusNashville, GA · Acute care0.00%——————92 min—63Compare
T23Southwell Medical, A Campus Of The Regional Medical CenterAdel, GA · Acute care0.00%————15.0%0.99—0.9260Compare
T23Washington County Regional Medical CenterSandersville, GA · Acute care0.00%————15.2%—118 min1.0356Compare
31Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe, GA · Acute care−0.01%43—10.6%15.5%0.95142 min0.9577Compare
32Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · Acute care−0.01%33—11.1%14.7%0.92165 min1.0645Compare
33Appling HealthcareBaxley, GA · Acute care−0.04%————15.3%—106 min0.9049Compare
34Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care−0.04%3211.5%9.4%15.7%0.90222 min0.96161Compare
35Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold, GA · Acute care−0.05%3——11.1%14.8%—118 min1.0864Compare
36Stephens County HospitalToccoa, GA · Acute care−0.09%24—9.9%15.3%0.97130 min0.8999Compare
37Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas, GA · Acute care−0.15%3313.2%15.9%15.5%0.88215 min0.9988Compare
38Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care−0.16%429.9%9.4%14.1%1.00262 min0.95694Compare
39Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · Acute care−0.18%22—11.4%14.8%1.16203 min0.86140Compare
40NGMC Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · Acute care−0.18%43—11.0%14.9%0.98134 min0.8556Compare
41Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia, GA · Acute care−0.19%13—11.4%15.6%0.94205 min0.9084Compare
42Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon, GA · Acute care−0.21%43—11.2%15.0%0.95192 min1.00103Compare
43Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · Acute care−0.28%3310.3%8.8%15.3%1.07286 min0.93282Compare
44Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care−0.29%3312.3%9.2%15.3%0.93181 min0.94282Compare
45Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · Acute care−0.32%2211.4%11.6%15.4%0.97192 min1.00160Compare
46Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · Acute care−0.39%4413.0%9.9%14.8%1.29208 min0.9484Compare
47Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care−0.42%4311.6%9.2%14.4%1.42316 min0.94661Compare
48Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · Acute care−0.43%2212.9%13.1%16.0%1.30330 min0.93691Compare
49AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · Acute care−0.43%4311.2%9.1%14.6%0.99170 min0.97201Compare
50Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · Acute care−0.47%1413.6%19.6%16.4%1.04174 min1.02119Compare

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.

Net Medicare quality adjustment
Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
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).