AdventHealth Hendersonville Earns Five Stars in Updated CMS Quality Ratings

February 11, 2020 — AdventHealth Hendersonville Nationally Recognized with Five-Star Rating in Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

February 4, 2020, HENDERSONVILLE, NC – AdventHealth Hendersonville is honored to announce it has received national recognition for an overall five-star rating in quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the latest hospital performance report released by the federal agency.

Of the more than 4,500 hospitals evaluated by CMS, only 407 received five-star ratings. This recognition is the highest rating of overall quality and places AdventHealth Hendersonville in the top 8.87 percent nationally for quality and patient safety.

The CMS's Overall Hospital Star Rating provides patients with important information on measures of quality and safety they can use to compare hospitals and make informed decisions regarding their health care. First made available to patients in 2005, Hospital Compare is based on 100 rigorously tested quality measures at more than 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals, as well as Veterans Health Administration and Military Health System hospitals.

"I couldn’t be prouder of our physicians and care teams at every level who worked so hard to earn this incredible distinction for quality and safety,” said Teresa Herbert, MD, MPH, FAAP, AdventHealth Hendersonville Chief Medical Officer “We are honored to have the CMS five-star rating as another measure of the nationally recognized, whole-person care we provide at AdventHealth.”

"Receiving the five-star rating from CMS is the direct result of an incredible team of caregivers who make safety and quality their primary focus as we fulfill our mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ,” said Jimm Bunch, AdventHealth Hendersonville President and CEO.

AdventHealth Hendersonville consistently earns top marks for its clinical quality. It has earned straight “A” grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group since 2017. AdventHealth also received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board from Premier, Inc.

About AdventHealth Hendersonville: Founded in 1910, AdventHealth Hendersonville, formerly Park Ridge Health, is dedicated to meeting the health care needs of our growing communities, providing high-quality, compassionate, not-for-profit care in a Christian environment.

In 1984, AdventHealth Hendersonville became a member of Adventist Health System. With a sacred mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ, AdventHealth is a connected system of care for every stage of life and health. More than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in physician practices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers provide individualized, wholistic care. A shared vision, common values, focus on whole-person health and a commitment to making communities healthier unify the system's nearly 50 hospital campuses and hundreds of care sites in diverse markets throughout almost a dozen states.

Leading the way in many medical firsts for the region, AdventHealth Hendersonville is the first hospital in Western North Carolina to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval^® for five orthopedic specialties including Spine Surgery, Total Ankle Replacement, Total Hip Replacement, Total Knee Replacement and Total Shoulder Replacement. It is also the first to use the Mazor X™ and Navio™ Robotic Guidance Platforms.

AdventHealth Hendersonville includes cardiac care and rehabilitation, emergency services, nationally awarded cancer care, state-of-the-art surgical care, full-service orthopedic care, an award-winning labor and delivery experience, and a full range of imaging services to help people across our region experience whole health. For more information about AdventHealth Hendersonville or to find a physician, please visit AdventHealthNC.com or call Call855-774-LIFE (5433).