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Hospitals in Mississippi with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

54 Mississippi hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical Center, South Sunflower County Hospital, Beacham Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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54 hospitals ranked in Mississippi by readmissions penalty; 55 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher 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−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical CenterClarksdale, MS · Acute care0.00%3———15.3%0.88172 min0.94195Compare
T1South Sunflower County HospitalIndianola, MS · Acute care0.00%2———15.0%——0.9569Compare
T1Beacham Memorial HospitalMagnolia, MS · Acute care0.00%———13.2%15.6%——1.1531Compare
T1Choctaw Health CenterPhiladelphia, MS · Acute care0.00%——————91 min—40Compare
T1Jasper General HospitalBay Springs, MS · Acute care0.00%————————20Compare
T1Progressive Health Group Of HoustonHouston, MS · Acute care0.00%—————————Compare
T1Whitfield Medical Surgical HospitalWhitfield, MS · Acute care0.00%————14.7%——0.5443Compare
T1Winston Medical CenterLouisville, MS · Acute care0.00%———12.9%14.9%—109 min0.9941Compare
T9BMH-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · Acute care−0.01%3413.7%11.1%15.1%1.20138 min0.97328Compare
T9Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · Acute care−0.01%3413.9%13.9%14.7%0.99169 min1.13215Compare
T9Magee General HospitalMagee, MS · Acute care−0.01%2——11.4%14.9%—84 min1.1064Compare
12Tishomingo Health Services IncIuka, MS · Acute care−0.02%25—14.8%14.9%—108 min1.0248Compare
T13Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany, MS · Acute care−0.03%44—12.8%14.1%0.96144 min0.98153Compare
T13Neshoba County General HospitalPhiladelphia, MS · Acute care−0.03%3——13.9%14.5%—97 min1.02—Compare
T15Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch HospitalOlive Branch, MS · Acute care−0.04%4311.4%12.4%14.4%0.88222 min0.8260Compare
T15Baptist Memorial Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, MS · Acute care−0.04%3——10.2%14.4%0.9699 min0.93114Compare
T15Clay County Medical CorporationWest Point, MS · Acute care−0.04%34—11.9%14.7%0.95110 min0.9060Compare
T15King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS · Acute care−0.04%34—15.8%15.3%0.97140 min1.01122Compare
T15Marion General HospitalColumbia, MS · Acute care−0.04%1———15.4%—126 min1.0479Compare
20Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · Acute care−0.07%3—11.6%—15.3%0.9291 min0.91473Compare
21North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · Acute care−0.13%2312.5%16.1%14.4%1.15203 min1.04650Compare
T22Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville, MS · Acute care−0.16%23—11.3%15.0%0.94133 min1.0696Compare
T22Highland Hills Medical CenterSenatobia, MS · Acute care−0.16%————14.7%—125 min0.8249Compare
T24Webster General Hospital/ Swing BedEupora, MS · Acute care−0.17%44—13.9%14.3%—83 min0.9143Compare
T24George Regional Health SystemLucedale, MS · Acute care−0.17%14——15.7%1.03132 min0.9548Compare
26Greenwood Leflore HospitalGreenwood, MS · Acute care−0.21%1——9.4%14.8%0.96194 min1.01260Compare
27Merit Health NatchezNatchez, MS · Acute care−0.22%22—12.1%15.5%1.15175 min1.17179Compare
28University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care−0.23%2313.2%9.2%16.0%1.32189 min1.01710Compare
T29Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS · Acute care−0.31%2———15.1%0.9095 min0.97134Compare
T29Yalobusha General HospitalWater Valley, MS · Acute care−0.31%————15.4%——0.9332Compare
31Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · Acute care−0.39%3——12.1%15.8%0.98132 min0.8680Compare
32Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS · Acute care−0.45%2214.7%14.3%15.9%0.79154 min0.99211Compare
33Bolivar Medical CenterCleveland, MS · Acute care−0.46%13—11.4%15.0%0.84127 min0.98165Compare
34North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory, MS · Acute care−0.48%34—14.4%14.5%0.90161 min0.9995Compare
35University Of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada, MS · Acute care−0.49%14—12.0%15.2%0.96114 min1.23156Compare
36Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · Acute care−0.50%1316.6%14.6%15.0%0.94270 min1.14268Compare
37Singing River GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute care−0.52%2312.4%13.1%16.2%1.03165 min1.01130Compare
38Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical CenterMccomb, MS · Acute care−0.53%2313.1%10.1%15.8%0.88121 min1.02160Compare
39Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS · Acute care−0.56%2411.8%13.7%15.0%1.08224 min1.00537Compare
40Ochsner Medical Center-HancockBay Saint Louis, MS · Acute care−0.59%34—10.9%16.1%0.92147 min0.87104Compare
T41Memorial Hospital At GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute care−0.61%3314.1%13.2%15.6%1.07157 min1.16445Compare
T41Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · Acute care−0.61%2310.8%11.7%15.7%0.99185 min1.05260Compare
T41Memorial Hospital BiloxiBiloxi, MS · Acute care−0.61%11—11.5%15.6%1.01153 min1.02—Compare
44Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · Acute care−0.64%1113.3%10.0%15.0%0.89134 min1.07106Compare
45Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS · Acute care−0.66%34—11.2%15.8%0.95136 min0.9567Compare
46Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care−0.68%2312.8%11.4%16.1%2.43211 min1.03639Compare
47Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS · Acute care−0.69%2212.3%8.9%16.0%0.99123 min1.07354Compare
48St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · Acute care−0.70%2314.3%13.6%15.0%1.09250 min1.02571Compare
49Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven, MS · Acute care−0.77%3311.7%9.4%15.7%1.47259 min1.00161Compare
50Singing River Health SystemPascagoula, MS · Acute care−0.81%1314.2%15.0%15.9%0.94176 min1.01551Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).