Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the largest Medicare value-based purchasing bonuses
7 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: South County Hospital Inc, Westerly Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Value-based purchasing adjustmenthigher 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 | +0.13% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | South County Hospital Inc | +0.37%, 67th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.25, 8th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 100 | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
| 2 | Westerly Hospital | +0.36%, 67th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 116 | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| 3 | Roger Williams Medical Center | +0.16%, 57th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 220 | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 4 | The Miriam Hospital | +0.04%, 50th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 294 min, 2nd percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 247 | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| 5 | Landmark Medical Center | −0.20%, 38th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 225 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 214 | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
| 6 | Newport Hospital | −0.33%, 31st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 129 | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 7 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | −0.94%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 262 min, 3rd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 359 | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
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.
- Value-based purchasing adjustment
- Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..
- 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).