Huntington Hospital Receives CMS 5-Star Rating

HUNTINGTON, NY — Huntington Hospital was awarded a five-star rating from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its annual 2021 hospital rankings, the hospital announced in a news release.

CMS released its comprehensive quality measurement report on April 28. Huntington Hospital was the only hospital in Suffolk County to receive five stars — the highest grade available.

Five other Northwell Health hospitals earned four stars from CMS: Glen Cove, Lenox Hill in Manhattan, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead and Phelps in Westchester.

The CMS Stars program is an important health care guide to hospital quality and is comprised of more than 50 measures addressing important outcomes as hospital mortality, avoidable re-admission, hospital infections and patient experience, according to the hospital.

"We are incredibly proud of the nurses, physicians and so many other professionals who come together every day to provide excellent, safe and compassionate care to our patients and families," said Huntington Hospital Executive Director Nick Fitterman, via news release. "CMS is a measure for both the public to easily understand how health care is delivered and for hospital staff to identify areas of improvement."

Huntington Hospital is one of seven hospitals in New York to earn five stars, placing the facility among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationally.

"We ask ourselves two questions every day," said Michael B. Grosso, MD, Huntington’s medical director. "What is best for the patient, and how can we deliver better care tomorrow than we provide today? That is the Northwell culture and we live by it here."