25 MI Hospitals Earn ‘A’ Grades In New Hospital Safety Ranking

A new hospital safety report released Wednesday shows that 25 hospitals in Michigan earned “A” grades for their ability to protect patients from often preventable harm.

The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades are a biannual ranking that assigns “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” letter grades to all general hospitals in the United States based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

“A” hospitals in Michigan are:

• Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital, Zeeland
• Garden City Hospital, Garden City
• Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital, West Bloomfield
• Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital, Cadillac
• MyMichigan Medical Center Alma, Alma
• MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch, West Branch
• Trinity Health Livingston Hospital, Howell
• Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital, Grosse Pointe
• Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids
• Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids
• Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - Niles Hospital, Niles
• Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals - St. Joseph Hospital, St. Joseph
• Corewell Health Trenton Hospital, Trenton
• Henry Ford Health Jackson Hospital, Jackson
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township
• Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital, Novi
• Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital, Southfield
• McLaren Central Michigan, Mount Pleasant
• Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital, Grayling
• Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital, Gaylord
• Munson Medical Center, Traverse City
• MyMichigan Medical Center Midland, Midland
• University of Michigan Health - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor
• University of Michigan Health - West, Wyoming
• UP Health System - Portage, Hancock

“B” hospitals are:

• Beacon Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
• Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo
• Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea
• Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital, Troy
• Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital, Big Rapids
• Corewell Health Greenville Hospital, Greenville
• DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Commerce Township
• Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, Grand Blanc
• Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
• Lake Huron Medical Center, Port Huron
• McLaren Bay Region, Bay City
• McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing
• McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey
• McLaren Port Huron, Port Huron
• MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena, Alpena
• MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw, Saginaw
• Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, Ypsilanti
• Trinity Health Livonia, Livonia
• Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital, Muskegon
• Trinty Health Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
• University of Michigan Health Sparrow Lansing, Lansing
• UP Health System - Marquette, Marquette

Additionally, one hospitals received a ‘D’ and 19 got a ‘C’ grade.

Leapfrog said its biannual report — the only national ratings program focused exclusively on patient safety — shows improvement in 17 measures, including health care-associated infections, medication safety systems and patient experience.

“The good news is that hospitals across the country are making meaningful strides in patient safety and helping save countless lives,” Leah Binder, the group’s president and CEO, said in a news release.

After peaking in fall 2022, several health care-associated infections declined sharply, according to the report. Central line-associated bloodstream infections fell by half; catheter-associated urinary tract infections dropped 45 percent; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections declined 42 percent; and serious intestinal infections linked to antibiotic use went down 30 percent.

The report also found gains in medication safety. Use of computerized physician order entry systems, which can flag prescribing errors, rose from 66 percent of hospitals meeting Leapfrog standards in 2018 to 90 percent in 2025. Adoption of barcode medication administration systems increased from 47 percent to 93 percent over the same period.

Patient experience scores, measured through Medicare and other federal surveys, have improved since hitting a low in fall 2023, rising by about one point on average across five safety-related measures, including communication with nurses and doctors and responsiveness of hospital staff.

Among states, Connecticut, Virginia and South Carolina had the highest share of A-rated hospitals, followed by Utah, Montana, New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and California. Montana and Maryland entered the top 10 for the first time, while Florida rose from 15th place in fall 2025 to seventh. No hospitals in North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming received an A grade.

About 450 hospitals were not assigned grades after a federal court ruling in South Florida involving several facilities that did not participate in Leapfrog’s 2024 or 2025 survey. The group said it applied the change nationwide and is appealing the decision while reviewing its methodology.