In 2024, BayCare ranked nationally among health systems for clinical quality and outcomes, safety and patient experience.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Rankings
BayCare hospitals collectively outperformed their counterparts nationally in the 2024 Hospital Quality Star Ratings by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Six of nine eligible BayCare hospitals, or 66%, scored 4 or 5 stars out of 5, compared with only 40% of hospitals nationally scoring at that level. When 3-star ratings were included, 88% of BayCare hospitals performed at that level or higher, compared to 69% of hospitals nationally.
Healthgrades Recognition for Clinical Outcomes
BayCare hospitals received numerous 5-star (top) ratings for exceptional performance in specific areas of care from Healthgrades, which rates hospitals based on clinical outcomes across 31 conditions and procedures. The analyses are based on 45+ million Medicare medical claims at over 4,500 hospitals nationwide for the most recent three-year period.
Mease Dunedin Hospital
Five-Star for Treatment of Respiratory Failure 2024™
Morton Plant Hospital
Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™
Five-Star for Spinal Fusion Surgery 2024™
Five-Star for Valve Surgery 2024™
Five-Star for Outpatient Total Hip Replacement 2024™
St. Joseph's Hospitals (does not include SJCH)
Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Stroke Care
Five-Star for Treatment of Stroke 2024™
Five-Star for Spinal Fusion Surgery 2024™
Five-Star for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2024™
Five-Star for Coronary Bypass Surgery 2024™
Winter Haven Hospital
America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™
Five-Star for Spinal Fusion Surgery 2024™
Five-Star for Coronary Bypass Surgery 2024™
Five-Star for Defibrillator Procedures 2024™
Five-Star for Hip Fracture Treatment 2024™
Earning A’s for Patient Safety from Leapfrog
Nine of BayCare’s acute-care hospitals earned “A” grades in the Fall 2024 Leapfrog Safety Grades, eight* of which earned Leapfrog’s elite “Straight A” designation – an “A” in at least five consecutive cycles of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Leapfrog is a national nonprofit organization that collects and analyzes data about infections, accidents, injuries and errors at nearly 3,000 general hospitals, and releases the grades publicly each spring and fall.
A Leader in Heart and Stroke Care
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ranked BayCare in the top 10% for open-heart outcomes.
American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Quality Achievement Awards
Top-Rated Maternal Care
Maternal Levels of Care Verification is a voluntary certification through The Joint Commission. The level of verification to apply for is based on community needs and level of complexity addressed.
Press Ganey Awards for Patient-Centered Experience
BayCare earned 20 Press Ganey Human Experience Awards for 2024, reflecting BayCare’s performance among the top 5% of health care systems in the country. The annual surveys are based on patient and provider surveys of more than 41,000 health care facilities.
Guardian of Excellence – Patient Experience Award Winners
-BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Carillon)
-BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Trinity)
-BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Hampton Lakes/Westchase)
-BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Carlisle Imaging Center)
-BayCare Laboratories (St. Anthony’s Medical Arts Building)
-BayCare Laboratories (Palm Harbor)
-BayCare Laboratories (Cheek-Powell)
-BayCare Laboratories (Countryside)
-BayCare Laboratories (Mease Dunedin Physician Office Building)
-BayCare Laboratories (New Port Richey)
-BayCare Laboratories (Riverview)
-BayCare Laboratories (Trinity)
-BayCare Laboratories (Suncoast Medical Clinic)
-BayCare Laboratories (Bloomingdale)
-BayCare Laboratories (Sunset Point)
-BayCare Laboratories (South Tampa)
-Emergency Department at Mease Dunedin Hospital
-Inpatient Rehabilitation at Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
Pinnacle of Excellence – Patient Experience Award Winner (over a three-year period)
-BayCare Outpatient Imaging (Hampton Lakes/Westchase)
Guardian of Excellence – Physician Experience Award Winner
-Physicians at Mease Dunedin Hospital
American Nurses Credentialing Center
BayCare’s Ambulatory Surgery Centers in 2023 became the first outpatient surgery centers in the U.S. to receive the Pathway to Excellence designation for superior clinical work environments, joining the majority of BayCare hospitals that have the designation.
Bariatric Centers of Excellence
Mease Dunedin Hospital and St. Anthony’s Hospital were designated in 2023 as Centers of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.
BECKER’S AWARDS IN 2024
Becker’s Orthopedic Programs to Know
Becker’s Accountable Care Organizations to Know
Becker’s Simulation & Education Programs to Know
BayCare is the best place to work, receive and provide care.
BayCare has been named on this list annually since 2015.
BayCare ranked 8th in the U.S. in 2024 and made the top 100 list in 2022 and 2023.
BayCare was ranked 17th in the U.S. in 2024 and has made the list annually since 2017*.
In 2024, Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine selected BayCare as one of the Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™, and it was the fifth time BayCare has made the list.
USA Today and Energage Named BayCare a Top Workplace in the USA– in 2024 and 2025
Energage and Top Workplaces National Culture Excellence Awards in 2024
*The Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care ™ list was called the Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma™ from 2018-2021.
