Mather Hospital Recognized for Excellence in Specialty Care by Healthgrades

Northwell's Mather Hospital has once again earned national recognition for superior patient care, with Healthgrades designating it among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention™ and America's 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care™ for three consecutive years (2025-2027). These prestigious accolades are part of Healthgrades' 2027 ratings, which identify the nation's top-performing hospitals for clinical excellence.

In addition to its national top-tier rankings, Mather Hospital achieved outstanding state-level recognition in Healthgrades' 2027 Specialty Excellence Awards:

• Ranked #4 in New York for Critical Care
• Ranked #4 in New York for Pulmonary Care
• Ranked #5 in New York for Emergency Hospitalization

Mather Hospital's commitment to exceptional patient outcomes is further evidenced by its 2027 Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards, which include:

• Emergency Hospitalization Excellence Award™
• Cardiology Excellence Award™ (for 2 consecutive years 2026-2027)
• Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™
• Gastrointestinal Medical Excellence Award™
• Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™
• Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ (awarded for two consecutive years, 2026-2027)
• Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
• Outpatient Prostate Care Excellence Award™

"These distinctions recognize superior clinical outcomes across a broad range of specialties and underscore what we already know to be true: Mather Hospital's team sets the standard for excellence," stated Mather Hospital President Kevin McGeachy. "Our staff's commitment to quality, safety, innovation and collaboration continues to strengthen our organization and elevate the care we provide to the communities we serve."

Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using Medicare data, analyzing patient outcomes such as in-hospital mortality and complication rates. Hospitals that receive these coveted designations have consistently demonstrated lower-than-expected risk-adjusted outcomes, showcasing their dedication to patient safety and quality of care.

About Mather Hospital

Mather Hospital is an accredited 249-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high-quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion, respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather received its fourth top five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for outcomes, patient experience and process and the prestigious Magnet® recognition three times from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. The hospital was ranked as high-performing in one adult specialty and six procedures/conditions by U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best Hospital rankings -diabetes & endocrinology; knee replacement, colon cancer surgery, heart failure, heart attack, kidney failure and pneumonia. Mather also was named one of America's 250 best hospitals for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 by Healthgrades and in 2026 received Healthgrades' Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ for the sixth consecutive year. Our Graduate Medical Education program prepares physicians for future careers through Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Psychiatry and Pharmacy residency programs and gastroenterology and hematology/oncology fellowships. For information about Mather Hospital, visit matherhospital.org or follow us @MatherHospital on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

About Northwell Health
Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, western Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State's largest private employer with over 108,000 employees - including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners and Nuvance Health Medical Practices - who are working to change health care for the better. Northwell, named a TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025, is making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Northwell is training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.