Top 20 Rural & Community Hospitals
The National Rural Health Association recognizes the Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals from list of the Top 100 RCHs as determined by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The 20 overall winners have achieved success based on the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™, the most comprehensive and objective assessment of U.S. rural Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospital performance based upon market, value-based and financial measures. The Top 20 RCH winners are honored annually during a luncheon at NRHA's Annual Rural Health Conference and Rural Hospital Innovation Summit.
Top 20 RHC Documentation
- View the 2025 Top 20 RCH press release.
- Logo usage guidelines for Top 20 RCH recipients.
- Review the criteria used to select Top 20 RCHs.
- VIew 2025 Top 20 RCH history by state.
2025 Top 20 Rural & Community Hospitals (PPS)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D
Brookings Health System, Brookings, S.D
Childress Regional Medical Center, Childress, Texas
Evanston Regional Hospital, Evanston, Wyo.
Garrett Regional Medical Center, Oakland, Md.
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese, Breese, Ill.
Hutchinson Health, Hutchinson, Minn.
Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital, Cedar City, Utah
Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Medical Center, Richfield, Utah
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, Palmer, Alaska
Mayo Clinic Health System – Fairmont, Fairmont, Minn.
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena, Alpena, Mich.
Parkview Bryan Hospital, Bryan, Ohio
Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kan.
Spencer Hospital, Spencer, Iowa
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Baraboo, Baraboo, Wis.
St. John's Health, Jackson, Wyo.
Sterling Regional MedCenter, Sterling, Colo.
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Learn more about The Chartis Center Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals and Top 100 RCH honorees.
For more information about NRHA’s Top 20 recognition programs contact Donna Douglas.