CMS overall star ratings,
50 of 112 rated VA hospitals hold five stars
The Veterans Health Administration runs 132 hospitals that CMS lists, and CMS rated 112 of them for . Since , 21 rose at least one star and 25 fell; 20 were not rated.
- VA hospitals CMS lists
- 132
- Rated by CMS for
- 112
- Not rated by CMS
- 20
- Rose since
- 21
- Fell since
- 25
Four years of CMS star ratings for VA hospitals
CMS rates hospitals once a year. This site reads each year from CMS's own files, including its archived releases, so every hospital's page shows its stars for every year. See which hospitals moved, and every hospital's stars for every year.
VA hospitals by CMS star rating, 2023 to 2026
Each bar is every VA hospital CMS listed that year, split by its overall star rating.
A chart of the figures in the table that follows.
| Year | 5 stars | 4 stars | 3 stars | 2 stars | 1 star | Not rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 23 | |
| 39 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 21 | |
| 55 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 19 | |
| 50 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Source: CMS Hospital General Information (dataset xubh-q36u), released ; CMS archived hospital files released , and . Download the data (CSV).
Rose since
- Clarksburg VA Medical CenterClarksburg, West Virginia: 4, : 5
- Dayton VA Medical CenterDayton, Ohio: 4, : 5
- Fayetteville VA Medical Center (North Carolina)Fayetteville, North Carolina: 3, : 5
- Fresno VA Medical Center (VA Central California Healthcare System)Fresno, California: 4, : 5
- Houston VA Medical CenterHouston, Texas: 4, : 5
- James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona)Altoona, Pennsylvania: 4, : 5
Fell since
- Asheville-Oteen VA Medical CenterAsheville, North Carolina: 5, : 4
- Birmingham VA Medical CenterBirmingham, Alabama: 5, : 4
- Cincinnati VA Medical CenterCincinnati, Ohio: 5, : 4
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, VA Chicago Healthcare SystemChicago, Illinois: 5, : 4
- Kansas City VA Medical CenterKansas City, Missouri: 5, : 4
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical CenterCleveland, Ohio: 5, : 4
Lowest CMS ratings in
2 stars: 7 hospitals
- VA Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (Little Rock)Little Rock, Arkansas
- : 4 stars
- : 2 stars
- : 3 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, Louisiana
- : 1 star
- : 1 star
- : 2 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - VA Maryland Healthcare System, BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland
- : 3 stars
- : 3 stars
- : 3 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - VA New Jersey Health Care SystemEast Orange, New Jersey
- : 2 stars
- : 1 star
- : 3 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - Albany VA Medical CenterAlbany, New York
- : 4 stars
- : 3 stars
- : 3 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - Oklahoma City VA Medical CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma
- : 3 stars
- : 4 stars
- : 2 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5 - San Juan VA Medical CenterSan Juan, Puerto Rico
- : 1 star
- : 1 star
- : 2 stars
- : 2 stars
2 of 5
Not rated by CMS
CMS did not rate 20 of the 132 VA hospitals it lists for . Each hospital's page says what CMS does report for it.
CMS's stated reason, in its own words: "There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score."
- Tuscaloosa VA Medical CenterAlabama
- VA North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System, Lake CityFlorida
- Dublin VA Medical CenterGeorgia
- VA Illiana Healthcare System, DanvilleIllinois
- Alexandria VA Medical CenterLouisiana
- VA Maryland Healthcare System, Perry PointMaryland
- Bedford VA Medical CenterMassachusetts
- Northampton VA Medical CenterMassachusetts
- Battle Creek VA Medical CenterMichigan
- Iron Mountain VA Medical Center (Michigan)Michigan
- St. Cloud VA Medical CenterMinnesota
- Poplar Bluff VA Medical CenterMissouri
- Bath VA Medical CenterNew York
- Chillicothe VA Medical CenterOhio
- VA Roseburg Healthcare SystemOregon
- Coatesville VA Medical CenterPennsylvania
- Erie VA Medical CenterPennsylvania
- VA Middle Tennessee Healthcare System, MurfreesboroTennessee
- Tomah VA Medical CenterWisconsin
- Sheridan VA Medical CenterWyoming
VA hospitals by state
Each state's VA hospitals CMS lists, with their CMS star mix, from five stars to not rated.
- Alabama3
- Arizona3
- Arkansas2
- California8
- Colorado2
- Connecticut1
- Delaware1
- District of Columbia1
- Florida7
- Georgia3
- Idaho1
- Illinois5
- Indiana2
- Iowa2
- Kansas2
- Kentucky2
- Louisiana3
- Maine1
- Maryland2
- Massachusetts3
- Michigan4
- Minnesota2
- Mississippi2
- Missouri4
- Montana1
- Nebraska1
- Nevada2
- New Jersey1
- New Mexico1
- New York9
- North Carolina4
- North Dakota1
- Ohio4
- Oklahoma2
- Oregon2
- Pennsylvania7
- Puerto Rico1
- Rhode Island1
- South Carolina2
- South Dakota2
- Tennessee4
- Texas5
- Utah1
- Vermont1
- Virginia3
- Washington2
- West Virginia4
- Wisconsin3
- Wyoming2
- Five stars
- Four
- Three
- Two
- One
- Not rated
Highest-rated VA hospitals, by state
How to read these ratings
- What a CMS star rating measures, and what it does not
Five groups of measures become one star; what goes in and what is left out.
- VA patient survey scores and how they compare
Why VA survey results sit beside the state and national averages, not inside them.
- Hospital infection ratios, explained
What a ratio below one means, and how CMS sets its categories.
- Death and readmission rates, explained
Risk-standardized 30-day rates, and the comparison CMS publishes for them.
- Emergency department times at VA hospitals
Median minutes, compared only with emergency departments of the same size.
- How MedGuides reads the CMS files
Every file, release date and rule this site uses.
About this data
Every figure on this site is read from the CMS Provider Data Catalog, which is public domain; nothing is estimated or scored by this site. The overall star ratings come from CMS's Hospital General Information file, released , and from CMS's archived files for earlier years.
Get the next CMS update
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