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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. 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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#	Hospital	Readmissions penaltyhigher is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure 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
	National average	−0.34%		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
51	Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford, MS · Acute care	−0.88%, 11th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	16.2%, 5th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	157 min, 44th percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	217	Compare Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms
52	Highland Community HospitalPicayune, MS · Acute care	−0.97%, 9th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	—	—	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	124 min, 71st percentile	1.11, 7th percentile	60	Compare Highland Community Hospital
53	Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth, MS · Acute care	−1.26%, 5th percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.8%, 19th percentile	14.5%, 5th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	138 min, 58th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	164	Compare Magnolia Regional Health Center
54	South Central Regional Medical CenterLaurel, MS · Acute care	−1.56%, 2nd percentile	1, 3rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	16.9%, 1st percentile	2.19, 0th percentile	128 min, 67th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	285	Compare South Central Regional Medical Center

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).