La Crosse Tribune
by Kyle Farris

Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse is one of 27 hospitals in the state and 400 hospitals in the country to receive a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…Mayo in La Crosse is one of 13 Mayo hospitals to receive five stars, the agency’s highest rating…CMS is a government agency, and this is not something you pay for, so this is highly meaningful to us,” said Dr. Paul Mueller, Mayo’s regional vice president. “For patients, when they’re choosing a system for care, we’d think that those ratings would be important to them.”… Mike Morrey, Mayo’s chair of administration in southwestern Wisconsin, called the five-star rating a testament to “the great work of our staff and providers, our nurses, our physicians and our support personnel.” “It takes a team effort,” he said. Overall, Wisconsin has more five-star hospitals than every state except California and Texas.

Reach: The La Crosse Tribune is a daily newspaper written for the residents of La Crosse, WI. The newspaper has a daily circulation of more than 18,700 and has more than 844,000 unique visitors each month to its website.

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Context: Thirteen hospitals across Mayo Clinic received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality.

Six of the 13 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. You can read more on Mayo Clinic News Network.

Contacts: Kelley Luckstein, Rick Thiesse, Amanda Dyslin

Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, Dr. Henry Ting, La Crosse Tribune, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Health System, Quality, Star Ratings, Uncategorized