Michigan Hospital Quality — CMS 5-Star Ratings & Safety
Hospital quality tracks CMS overall quality and safety ratings (1–5 stars) for every Medicare-participating Michigan hospital. Mortality, readmission, infection, and patient experience. The reading is aggregated by Michigan Gateway from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare, an authoritative public source, and refreshed automatically throughout the day.
For Michigan residents this indicator is one of several public-health signals that inform day-to-day decisions — from whether it's safe to be outdoors to whether a specific community needs additional attention. Combined with the other health indicators listed at the bottom of this page, it helps residents, journalists, and county officials build a fuller picture of current conditions in Michigan.
The current reading for this indicator updates live on the
Michigan Gateway dashboard.
The data feed below is fetched from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare via the
public /api/hospital-quality endpoint.
CMS publishes a 1–5 star "Overall Hospital Quality Rating" for each Medicare-participating hospital based on five categories: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care. About 13% of hospitals nationally earn 5 stars; the average is closer to 3 stars. Ratings update yearly each summer.
- For scheduled care, compare 3 nearby hospitals at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/
- Look at the procedure-specific data — a hospital can be 5-star overall but average for, say, heart surgery.
- For emergencies: go to the nearest ER. Star ratings don't change a stabilize-and-transfer decision.
- After a hospital stay, request your discharge summary and lab results in writing for your primary care doctor.