St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction has earned an A for its efforts in providing patient care and achieving cost efficiency while avoiding overuse.

The Lown Institute awarded St. Mary’s its top grade in its latest national hospital index.

“St. Mary’s Medical Center caregivers exhibit the highest level of skill when caring for our patients, and they do it with compassion,” said St. Mary’s President Bryan Johnson. “I’m pleased that they are receiving this important recognition.”

St. Mary’s received A grades for clinical and patient outcomes, cost efficiency, patient safety and value of care as well as avoiding overuse. St. Mary’s also was named a top hospital for fair share spending.

“When communities have access to socially responsible health care, our nation grows stronger,” said Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute. “That’s why it’s so important to hold up these high-performing hospitals as examples for others to follow.”

The Lown Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, based the Hospitals Index for Social Responsibility on metrics that included patient outcomes, health equity and value of care. In the fourth annual and largest set of rankings to date, the 2023- 2024 Lown Index evaluated hospitals on more than 50 measures using information from hospital cost reports, Medicare claims, patient safety data and tax forms.

St. Mary’s Hospital is part of Intermountain Health, a system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics and medical groups with a total of 3,900 providers in six states. For more information, visit https://intermountainhealthcare.org.