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Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest heart failure death rate

13 Vermont hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: White River Jct VA Medical Center, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Central Vermont Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in Vermont by heart failure death rate; 4 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Pneumonia death ratelower is better	COPD death ratelower is better	CABG surgery death ratelower is better	Stroke death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Compare
	National average	11.1%	11.9%	15.2%	8.6%	2.4%	11.9%	15.0%
1	White River Jct VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction, VT · Veterans Affairs	8.7%, 89th percentile	—	11.6%, 94th percentile	7.9%, 66th percentile	—	—	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare White River Jct VA Medical Center
2	Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT · Acute care	9.7%, 75th percentile	—	16.5%, 30th percentile	8.4%, 52nd percentile	—	16.2%, 7th percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	Compare Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
3	Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · Acute care	10.0%, 70th percentile	10.8%, 83rd percentile	9.3%, 99th percentile	8.0%, 63rd percentile	—	10.8%, 66th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Central Vermont Medical Center
4	Gifford Medical CenterRandolph, VT · Critical access	10.3%, 64th percentile	—	15.6%, 43rd percentile	—	—	—	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Gifford Medical Center
5	Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT · Acute care	11.4%, 41st percentile	—	18.4%, 11th percentile	9.2%, 31st percentile	—	11.7%, 49th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
6	Porter Hospital IncMiddlebury, VT · Critical access	11.6%, 37th percentile	—	17.1%, 23rd percentile	7.2%, 85th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Porter Hospital Inc
7	Northeastern Vermont Regional HospitalSaint Johnsbury, VT · Critical access	11.7%, 35th percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	18.2%, 13th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	—	11.7%, 49th percentile	15.4%, 23rd percentile	Compare Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
8	Northwestern Medical Center IncSaint Albans, VT · Acute care	12.6%, 20th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	14.1%, 67th percentile	9.1%, 34th percentile	—	17.5%, 4th percentile	14.0%, 93rd percentile	Compare Northwestern Medical Center Inc
9	University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · Acute care	13.0%, 15th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	14.0%, 69th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	1.8%, 85th percentile	9.8%, 84th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care
10	Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · Acute care	13.7%, 10th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	13.5%, 76th percentile	6.8%, 91st percentile	—	13.8%, 20th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Rutland Regional Medical Center
11	Copley HospitalMorrisville, VT · Critical access	14.5%, 5th percentile	12.1%, 38th percentile	22.5%, 1st percentile	11.5%, 4th percentile	—	13.1%, 27th percentile	14.9%, 54th percentile	Compare Copley Hospital
12	North Country Hospital And Health CenterNewport, VT · Critical access	15.3%, 3rd percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	19.9%, 5th percentile	11.5%, 4th percentile	—	13.6%, 22nd percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	Compare North Country Hospital And Health Center
13	Springfield HospitalSpringfield, VT · Critical access	18.2%, 0th percentile	—	19.9%, 5th percentile	—	—	—	15.1%, 40th percentile	Compare Springfield 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.

Heart failure death rate: 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Heart attack death rate: 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Pneumonia death rate: 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate: 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
CABG surgery death rate: 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate: 30-day death rate for stroke 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.