Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest heart failure death rate
62 Kentucky hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 11.1% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T50 | Harrison Memorial Hospital | 13.5%, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 171 min, 35th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 61 | Compare Harrison Memorial Hospital |
| 52 | Baptist Health Hardin | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 183 min, 28th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 300 | Compare Baptist Health Hardin |
| T53 | T J Samson Community Hospital | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 16.3%, 4th percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 180 | Compare T J Samson Community Hospital |
| T53 | Harlan ARH Hospital | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 16.5%, 3rd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 150 | Compare Harlan ARH Hospital |
| 55 | Three Rivers Medical Center | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 164 min, 39th percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 90 | Compare Three Rivers Medical Center |
| T56 | Livingston Hospital And Healthcare Services, Inc | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | — | 106 min, 86th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Livingston Hospital And Healthcare Services, Inc |
| T56 | Murray-Calloway County Hospital | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 159 min, 43rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 140 | Compare Murray-Calloway County Hospital |
| T56 | Paintsville ARH Hospital | 14.0%, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 165 min, 39th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 72 | Compare Paintsville ARH Hospital |
| 59 | The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 14.3%, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 1.06, 16th percentile | 382 | Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green) |
| 60 | Middlesboro ARH Hospital | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 96 | Compare Middlesboro ARH Hospital |
| 61 | Jennie Stuart Medical Center | 17.5%, 0th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 194 | Compare Jennie Stuart Medical Center |
| 62 | Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | 19.7%, 0th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 390 | Compare Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville |
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).