Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast earns 4-star rating from CMS

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. –Today, Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast announced that it received a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. These ratings, which assess quality of care, patient safety and patient experience, are essential for patients and families making informed healthcare decisions.

The CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings are derived from 46 publicly reported quality measures, categorized into Mortality, Patient Experience, Readmission, Safety of Care, and Timely & Effective Care. These measures are summarized into a single star rating, with five stars indicating the highest level of hospital performance. Hospitals participating in CMS programs must collect data for these measures, which are reported on Care Compare.

In 2025, CMS reported a star score for 2,891 U.S. hospitals with the national average star rating decreasing from 3.13 stars in 2024 to 3.08 stars in the current year. Ascension had 41 hospitals receive a star rating with the average rating across all facilities of 3.37 stars. Of those Ascension facilities, approximately 21 earned either a five- or four-star rating, reflecting a superior level of performance compared to hospitals with three or fewer stars.

"The CMS Overall Star Ratings help patients and families assess hospital quality in key areas that matter to them,” said Trey Abshier, President and CEO of Sacred Heart Emerald Coast. “These results reflect the dedication of our caregivers and associates who consistently deliver compassionate, high-quality care."

Patients, families and communities can view the star ratings for acute care hospitals on the Care Compare website, a useful tool that can help with making informed healthcare choices.

Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast is a full-service hospital with 24/7 emergency care for adults and children. Sacred Heart health system was recently named a top 15 health system in the country for 2024 by Fortune and PINC AI. The hospital consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the county for patient safety, experience, and satisfaction. It is a destination for specialty care including spine and joint replacement surgery, heart care, and cancer care. The hospital's Family Birth Place is recognized as one of the top maternity facilities in the country. To learn more visit ascension.org/EmeraldCoastFL.

About Ascension Sacred Heart 
Ascension Sacred Heart, based in Pensacola, Florida, operates five hospitals and more than 100 other sites of care and employs more than 6,440 associates. In fiscal year 2023, Ascension Sacred Heart provided more than $142 million in community benefit and care for persons living in poverty. Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2023, Ascension provided $2.2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 134,000 associates, 35,000 affiliated providers and 140 hospitals, serving communities in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
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