CMS Hospital Compare ↗
Quality star ratings, mortality, safety, readmissions, and patient experience scores for U.S. hospitals.
Data Sources
Every rating, grade, and price on CareRanks comes from publicly available federal datasets — we aggregate, normalize, and consolidate. Facilities may submit verified corrections, logos, and clearly labeled statements through our claim program; submissions can never alter ratings, grades, prices, or rankings.
CMS Hospital General Information ↗
Facility-level metadata: name, address, hospital type, ownership, emergency services.
HCAHPS Patient Survey ↗
Patient experience scores covering nurse communication, doctor communication, cleanliness, pain management, and overall ratings.
CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ↗
Teaching-hospital status (resident-to-bed ratio) and Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) designations.
IPFQR — Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting ↗
Quality measures specific to psychiatric facilities (physical restraint, seclusion rates).
IRF Quality Reporting Program ↗
Functional outcomes and discharge metrics for inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Hospital Machine-Readable Files (MRF) ↗
Per-hospital pricing data published under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (2021).
HIFLD — Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data ↗
Hospital geographic coordinates, bed counts, trauma level, and helipad availability.
NPPES — National Plan & Provider Enumeration System ↗
NPI verification for hospital identity matching.
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