County hospital to receive 2-star rating

(Clarification: The email referenced in this article was received from a third party and verified by the Green River Star.)

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County has dropped to a two-star Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rating in 2021 according to an internal email from CEO Irene Richardson.

The email obtained by the Star was sent March 17 from Richardson to Kerry Downs, the medical staff services director, informing her the rating will drop two stars when CMS publishes its 2021 ratings, which are based off of data collected during 2019.

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