Six WellSpan Health hospitals have been named among America’s Best by Healthgrades, earning a combined 60 honors for excellence in cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, critical care, and neuroscience services. The awards, announced October 28, recognize hospitals that achieved exceptional patient outcomes, avoided complications, and demonstrated consistent clinical excellence.
Among the top-performing facilities is WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, which earned 14 distinctions, including being named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care for the fourth consecutive year. Gettysburg was also ranked in the top 5% nationally for critical care and the top 10% for overall pulmonary services. The hospital received the Critical Care Excellence Award and the Pulmonary Care Excellence Award, continuing a nine-year streak of top national recognition in intensive care.
Gettysburg Hospital also received five-star ratings in several treatment areas, including sepsis, pneumonia, heart attack, heart failure, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These honors place the Adams County hospital among the most consistently recognized community hospitals in Pennsylvania.
WellSpan York Hospital also stood out, being the only hospital in Pennsylvania named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care and for Critical Care in 2026. Other recognized WellSpan facilities include Chambersburg, Ephrata Community, Good Samaritan, and Evangelical Community hospitals, each earning multiple five-star designations for excellence in their respective specialties.
Healthgrades, a leading national organization for evaluating hospital performance, analyzed data from more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide for its 2026 Specialty Awards. Each year, it evaluates mortality and complication rates for over 30 common procedures and conditions to identify top-performing hospitals. The organization noted that if all hospitals performed at the level of five-star facilities, more than 230,000 lives could be saved and over 150,000 complications avoided nationwide.
WellSpan Health leaders said the recognition reflects the system’s ongoing commitment to quality, safety, and personalized care across its hospitals and specialty centers.
For more information about WellSpan hospitals and services, visit www.wellspan.org/hospitals or learn more about Healthgrades ratings at www.healthgrades.com.
Source: WellSpan Health