Cox Medical Center Branson and Cox Monett Hospital receive a five-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have awarded Cox Medical Center Branson and Cox Monett Hospital a five-star quality rating – the highest possible achievement in CMS’s overall hospital quality ratings.

CMS assigns one to five stars to hospitals across the country based on performances in five quality categories, including: safety of care, readmission rates, patient experience and timely and effective care.

“We’re extremely proud of our Cox Monett and Cox Medical Center Branson teams,” says Dr. Shawn Usery, chief medical officer of CoxHealth. “This rating is a testament to their hard work and dedication.”

Star ratings were developed to help the U.S. government share data with the public. It takes intense, constant monitoring of that data to compile the rankings. The system helps patients easily compare hospitals across the country to make more informed decisions about their care.

“I’m so, so proud that our team is so excellent for our neighbors, families and visitors,” says William Mahoney, president of Cox Medical Center Branson. “Our hospital is part of a high reliability organization with an incredibly talented medical staff that others can’t help but recognize. We want everyone who walks through our doors to feel like family because that’s exactly how we see them.”

“We know patients have a choice where to receive care,” says Andrea McKay, president of Cox Monett. “When patients choose Cox Monett, they can rest assured they are selecting one of the best critical access hospitals in the nation for overall quality care.”

This rating puts Cox Branson and Cox Monett among the top performers of the 4,500 hospitals surveyed nationwide.

Cox Medical Center Branson has also received:

• American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 2022 Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Plus and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll for excellence in stroke care,
• Recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country for treatment of heart attacks – receiving the American College of Cardiology’s highest honors for the third straight year for excellence in heart care, and
• One of only 240 hospitals nationwide to receive the NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2022.

Cox Monett Hospital has also received:

• A five-star rating in patient satisfaction in 2018, and
• American Heart Association’s SilverPlus Get with the Guidelines – Stroke quality achievement award.

Both hospitals plan to celebrate their top ratings soon.