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ESCANABA– OSF HealthCare St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group has received a 4-star rating from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The ratings are available publicly through the Hospital Compare website, www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare, which contains information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country. Hospitals are evaluated for their performance in the areas of patient experience, timeliness and effectiveness of care, complications & deaths, unplanned hospital visits, use of medical imaging, and payment and value of care.

“Our 4-Star rating is a rewarding reflection of the work of our Mission Partners, and the exceptional care they provide for those we serve,” said Dave Lord, President of OSF St. Francis Hospital, “being a hospital our community can count of for quality care is most important to us.”