Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Ranked Among Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals for Quality

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Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Ranked Among Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals for Quality

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TISHOMINGO, Okla. – Out of nearly 1,400 critical access hospitals across America, Tishomingo residents get their care from one of the very best.

Exterior photo of Mercy Hospital Tishomingo.

Mercy Hospital Tishomingo has been named one of rural America’s best hospitals.

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) named Mercy Hospital Tishomingo to its annual list of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals for Best Practice in Quality. The list ranks hospitals using the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX, which compiles public data sets linked to quality, patient perspectives and more.

“Every caregiver in our hospital is so proud and humbled to work every day in service of our neighbors,” said Jeffrey Cleveland, Mercy Hospital Tishomingo administrator. “We’re grateful to be on this list because it’s confirmation that we are delivering the compassionate care we strive for.”

Tishomingo is one of three Mercy hospitals on the list, joining Mercy Hospital Logan County and Arkansas’ Mercy Hospital Waldron.

A critical access hospital is a small rural facility designated by Medicare to improve access to care, capped at 25 inpatient beds and required to maintain 24/7 emergency services. In contrast, a community hospital provides a broad range of general medical services to the local population.

Rural hospitals deliver essential, often lifesaving care to communities that would otherwise face long travel times, limited access to specialists and significant health disparities.

Hospitals on NHRA’s top 20 list for quality scored highly across process-of-care measures relevant to rural settings.

“NRHA is committed to ensuring our members have the best information to manage their hospitals,” said Brock Slabach, NRHA chief operations officer. “We’re pleased to recognize the accomplishments of these rural hospitals.”

Mercy Hospital Tishomingo is an award-winning 25-bed hospital affiliated with Mercy Hospital Ada. It offers swing beds, therapy, imaging, emergency care and other critical services to local patients. Read more about it on the Mercy Hospital Tishomingo website on mercy.net.

Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 55 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 caregivers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2025 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.