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Awards &
Accreditations

St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare,
is proud to be an award-winning hospital honored
to receive national recognition from the following
organizations.

GES5STAR
CA5STAR
DKA5STAR
PACE5STAR
PUL Excellence
Top 3 PUL
HG_Pneumonia
Five-Star Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies
Five-Star Pacemaker Procedures
HG_Patient_Safety
#5 in Pulmonary Care

Quality Awards and Recognitions

Healthgrades

  • Patient Safety Excellence Award – 7 years in a row (2025)
  • Top 5% Patient Safety – 4 years in a row (2025)
  • Top 10% Patient Safety – 7 years in a row (2025)
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award – 3 years in a row (2025)
  • #3 in the State of Missouri for Pulmonary Care (2025)
  • 5 Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia – 3 years in a row (2025)
  • 5 Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures – 6 years in a row (2025)
  • 5 Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery – 4 years in a row (2025)
  • 5 Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies – 4 years in a row (2025)

Lown

  • Grade A – Value of Care (2025)
  • Grade A – Patient Outcomes (2025)
  • Grade A – Clinical Outcomes (2025)
  • Top 5 in State of Missouri for Clinical Outcomes (2025)
  • Grade A – Cost Efficiency (2025)
  • Number 1 in State of Missouri for Cost Efficiency (2025)

American Heart Association

  • Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Award (2025)
  • Get With the Guidelines – Heart Failure Gold Plus (2025)
  • Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award (2025)
  • Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll (2025)
  • Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2025)

U.S. News & World Report

  • High Performing Hospital in Kidney Failure 2025

  • High Performing Hospital in Pneumonia

Accreditations / Certifications

  • Fully accredited by The Joint Commission
  • Geriatric Emergency Department Accredited (GEDA) by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2025)
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certified
  • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers by the American College of Surgeons
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Accreditation for Cardiac Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
  • Clinical Laboratory Award of Accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) (2025)
  • Echocardiography Accreditation in Adult Thoracic, Adult Transesophageal, and Adult Stress by Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (2025)
  • General Surgery Residency Accreditation by the Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
  • American College of Cardiology
    • National Cardiovascular Data Registry Platinum Award (2025)
    • Designated Missouri Time Critical Diagnosis STEMI Level II Center Gold Plus Award (2025)
    • Designated Missouri Time Critical Diagnosis NSTEMI Level II Center Silver Award (2025)
  • American College of Radiology
    • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

Awards Archive

  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for 7 Years in a Row (2018-2024)

  • Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety for 4 Years in a Row (2021-2024)

  • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Patient Safety for 7 Years in a Row (2018-2024)

  • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 3 Years in a Row (2023-2025)
  • Top 3 in MO for Pulmonary Care (2025)
  • Ranked #4 in Missouri for Pulmonary Care

  • Five-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures for 6 Years in a Row (2020-2025)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement in 2024

  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2023-2025)

  • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 2 Years in a Row (2023-2024)

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia for 3 Years in a Row (2023-2025)

  • Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery for 4 Years in a Row (2022-2025)

  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Hospitalizations for 4 Years in a Row (2022-2025)

  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for 6 Years in a Row (2018-2023)

  • Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety for 3 Years in a Row (2021-2023)

  • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Patient Safety for 6 Years in a Row (2018-2023)

  • Leapfrog Safety Grade “A” Spring 2024
  • Leapfrog Safety Grade “A” Fall 2023

  • Leapfrog Safety Grade “A” Fall 2024
  • Leapfrog ‘A’ Award – Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, and Fall 2019. ​
  • St. Mary’s Heart Center Earns Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory Accreditation, The St. Mary’s Heart Center has earned another three-year accreditation in Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (October 2019)​
  • American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure GOLD PLUS with Honor Roll Achievement Award (July 2019)​
  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award (July 2019)​
  • Breast Center – earned a three-year full reaccreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons (November 2018)​
  • Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (August 2018)​
  • Designated Missouri Time Critical Diagnosis STEMI Level II Center (May 2018)​
  • Fully accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) (November 2017)​
  • American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) accreditation for Cardiac Rehab (2017)​
  • Center for Wound Care is accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) ​
  • St. Mary’s Heart Center Earns Echocardiography Accreditation, The St. Mary’s Heart Center has earned a three-year accreditation in echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (January 2017)​
  • Breast Center – Breast Center of Excellence was designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology​
  • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers – NAPBC​
  • The Breast Imaging Center of Excellence through the American College of Radiology​
  • Advanced Primary Stroke Center – certified through the Joint Commission ​
  • Level 2 Stroke Center Designation – State of Missouri​