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.
2026 Top 20 Rural & Community Hospitals (PPS)
Alomere Health, Alexandria, Minn.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D.
Brookings Health System, Brookings, S.D.
Chambers Memorial Hospital, Danville, Ark.
CHI Mercy Health, Roseburg, Ore.
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese, Breese, Ill.
Hutchinson Health, Hutchinson, Minn.
Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital, Cedar City, Utah
Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital, Richfield, Utah
Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, Wyo.
Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, N.Y.
Labette Health, Parsons, Kan.
OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital, Van Wert, Ohio
Peterson Health, Kerrville, Texas
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Gloucester, Va.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Sheridan, Wyo.
Spencer Hospital, Spencer, Iowa
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo, Baraboo, Wis.
St. John's Health, Jackson, Wyo.
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat 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.