WMCHealth Hospitals Earn Top Honors for Specialty Care from Healthgrades

October 28, 2025
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WMCHealth earns 15 specialty awards and distinctions for 2026 across the network 

Valhalla, NY – October 28, 2025 – WMCHealth, the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in New York’s Hudson Valley region, serving nearly 2.5 million residents across more than 6,000 square miles, announced today that it has achieved numerous distinctions across the network for exceptional clinical performance from Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital.  

WMCHealth earned 15 specialty awards across Westchester Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, and HealthAlliance Hospital, recognizing excellence in diverse areas of care. This places these WMCHealth hospitals among the top in the nation for critical procedures and conditions across Cardiac Care, Gastrointestinal Care, Orthopedics and Prostate Care. The awards achieved by each hospital are as follows: 

Westchester Medical Center: 

  • The only Westchester County hospital to be one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery (2026) 
  • America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery for 4 Years in a Row (2023-2026)   
  • Top 5% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery and recipient of the Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award for 4 Years in a Row (2023-2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery for 6 Years in a Row (2021-2026) 

Good Samaritan Hospital: 

  • 1 of only 6 hospitals in NY to be one of America’s Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care (2026) 
  • America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention (2026) 
  • America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care (2026) 
  • Coronary Intervention Excellence Award (2026) 
  • Top 5% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures (2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures for 2 Years in a Row (2025-2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment (2026) 
  • Outpatient Prostate Care Award for 2 Years in a Row (2025-2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Back and Neck Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2025-2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient and Top 5% in the Nation for Outpatient Prostate Care for 2 Years in a Row (2025-2026) 

HealthAlliance Hospital 

  • Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment for 3 Years in a Row (2024-2026) 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery (2026) 
  • Healthgrades Outpatient Prostate Care Award (2026) 
  • Top 10% in the Nation and Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Prostate Care (2026) 

“At WMCHealth, our mission is to ensure that patients across the Hudson Valley have access to world-class care close to home,” said David Lubarsky, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of WMCHealth. “These Healthgrades distinctions affirm that our teams are delivering on that promise by providing nationally recognized care with compassion and expertise every day. They also reflect our organization’s deep commitment to advancing high-quality specialty care through strategic investments in technology, continuous process improvement, and the leadership dedication that drives excellence across every hospital in our network.” 

WMCHealth’s hospitals achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. Each year, Healthgrades evaluates risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to identify the top hospitals in key specialty areas. Through easy-to-understand, objective measures of hospital performance, Healthgrades empowers patients with the information they need to find a hospital that excels in their procedure or condition.  

As performance gaps persist between the nation’s highest- and lowest-achieving facilities, seeking care at a top program has never been more important. Healthgrades’ 2026 analysis revealed that if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2022-2024 study period, on average, 230,466 lives could have been saved and 156,797 complications could have been avoided.* 

“Healthgrades’ specialty awards identify the nation’s top-performing hospitals in key service areas, helping consumers find high quality care tailored to their specific needs,” said Alana Biggers, MD, MPH, medical advisor at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognize WMCHealth’s Westchester Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, and HealthAlliance Hospital, for their consistently superior outcomes in key service areas, including Cardiac, Gastrointestinal Care, Orthopedics and Prostate Care.”  

Consumers can visit Healthgrades’ Specialty Excellence Patient Advocate Center to learn more about how Healthgrades identifies the top-performing hospitals for specialty care.   

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2022 through 2024 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2026 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.  

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in New York’s Hudson Valley region, serving nearly 2.5 million residents across more than 6,000 square miles. A 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, including nine hospitals on seven campuses and 60 ambulatory care sites, WMCHealth is home to the region’s only Level I (adult and pediatric) trauma center and the only Academic Medical Center between New York City and Albany. The Network employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians – seeing nearly 300,000 unique patients every year, and is the State’s largest Medicaid provider north of New York City, serving 1 in 3 Medicaid patients in the region. WMCHealth also features Level II and Level III trauma centers, a nationally renowned pediatric hospital that is the region’s only acute care children’s hospital and leading pediatric hospital across the country, the region’s only Level IV NICU, the region’s only Organ Transplant Center, several community hospitals, and dozens of specialized institutes and centers. The Network also includes Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, Burn Center, skilled nursing, and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow WMCHealth on Facebook or Instagram.

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