*

St. Luke’s hospitals have received the highest possible quality rating – five stars – from the annual quality and safety hospital review conducted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS).

St. Luke’s was the only health network in the Lehigh Valley to receive the best ratings, which were published by the federal government today.

“St. Luke’s is proud to consistently earn the highest rankings for superior quality and outcomes on multiple national lists based on objective data sources,” SLUHN Vice President & Chief Quality Officer Donna Sabol said. “This is a credit to our 20,000 employees and their unwavering commitment to all-around excellence.”

The CMS ratings are based on an examination of the quality of care at Medicare-certified hospitals across the country. The quality measures include safety and value of care, readmission, infection, complication rates, mortality, patient experience, effectiveness and timeliness of care and efficient use of medical imaging.

Nationwide, an elite 8 percent of 4,658 eligible hospitals earned five stars.

Of 11 eligible St. Luke’s acute care hospitals, 10 received five stars:

• St. Luke’s University Hospital (Bethlehem, Allentown and Sacred Heart campuses)
• St. Luke’s Anderson Campus
• St. Luke’s Easton Campus
• St. Luke’s Miners Campus
• St. Luke’s Monroe Campus
• St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus
• St. Luke’s Warren Campus
• Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital

Remarkably, of Pennsylvania’s 189 eligible hospitals, nearly half of the 21 that earned five stars were St. Luke’s hospitals.

St. Luke’s Carbon Campus, eligible to be rated for the first time since it opened in 2021, received the four stars. St. Luke’s Orthopedic Hospital at its West End Campus was not rated by CMS because it is too new.

A CMS tool — called Hospital Compare — is a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide recommended care to their patients. The star ratings and other information provided by the tool can help consumers make informed decisions about where to go for health care.