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Springfield hospitals receive national ratings: Mercy gets 4 stars, Cox gets 1 Michael Van Schoik SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - New national ratings show how hospitals in Springfield stack up. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its 2021 ratings for hospitals across the county. Locally, Mercy Hospital scored four stars while Cox South received only one star. The 2021 ratings by CMS analyze more than 100 quality measures, which are then divided into 5 groups: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. �...

Saturday, April 3, 2021 Cox Monett Medical-Surgical team members Lilly Schmidt, Kristi Brittenham, Sidney Swonger and Mike Myers display the 5’x8’ American flag for the Final Salute. Contributed photo Program expands to include the Final Salute Honoring military veterans for their service is a part of CoxHealth’s culture, and the health system is expanding the recognition it provides with a new Veterans Honor Program. The program launched systemwide in recent days, standardizing the ways patients who have served in the United States Armed Forces are recognized. “This opportunity to creat...