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Hospitals in Kentucky with the best net Medicare quality adjustments

59 Kentucky hospitals ranked by net Medicare quality adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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59 hospitals ranked in Kentucky by net medicare quality adjustment; 44 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
51Baptist Health HardinElizabethtown, KY · Acute care−2.18%3314.3%13.7%15.3%1.18183 min1.03300Compare
52Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville, KY · Acute care−2.26%1315.4%12.9%16.0%1.74226 min0.95340Compare
53UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care−2.30%2212.2%13.4%15.6%1.26138 min1.011,261Compare
54Highlands ARH Regional Medical CenterPrestonsburg, KY · Acute care−2.34%2312.6%11.1%15.1%0.90190 min1.05166Compare
55Monroe County Medical CenterTompkinsville, KY · Acute care−2.47%15—11.0%16.8%—128 min0.9249Compare
56University Of Louisville HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care−2.52%1212.5%12.0%16.4%0.91198 min1.13404Compare
57The Medical Center (Bowling Green)Bowling Green, KY · Acute care−2.66%2312.0%14.3%15.3%1.08215 min1.06382Compare
58Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville, KY · Acute care−2.70%2310.6%11.8%16.3%1.08192 min1.001,730Compare
59Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville, KY · Acute care−2.70%13—17.5%15.5%0.96167 min1.05194Compare

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).