Mary Washington Hospital Recognized by Healthgrades with Four Outpatient Orthopedic Achievements

Fredericksburg, VA (April 17, 2025) – Mary Washington Hospital is proud to announce that it has achieved numerous accolades for outpatient care for orthopedics surgery from Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use to find a doctor or hospital. Among MWH’s distinctions are two 2025 outpatient awards, which place the hospital in the top 10% nationwide for outpatient joint replacement and orthopedic surgery excellence. MWH also received two five-star ratings for outpatient total knee and hip replacements. These achievements place MWH in the upper echelon of hospitals nationwide for specialty care and reflect the organization’s commitment to delivering the best care possible to patients undergoing critical outpatient procedures.

“We are incredibly proud of this recognition, as it underscores our unwavering commitment to providing the highest quality care to our patients,” said Christopher Newman, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer at Mary Washington Healthcare. “This achievement reflects the dedication of our talented medical teams, the advanced technologies we’ve integrated into our practice, and the ongoing investments we’ve made in our outpatient orthopedic services. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and ensuring that our community receives the best care possible, close to home.”

To identify the top-performing hospitals for the most common outpatient procedures and conditions, Healthgrades focused exclusively on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 analysis, Healthgrades analyzed risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates at short-term acute care facilities nationwide that perform critical orthopedic procedures in an outpatient environment. Healthgrades found that patients treated at hospitals with nationally recognized outpatient programs have a demonstrably better chance of a positive outcome than those treated at hospitals that were not recognized for outpatient excellence. From 2021 through 2023, if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to hospitals receiving five stars as a group, on average, 35,563 complications could potentially have been avoided. *

“Year after year, Mary Washington Hospital delivers consistently superior clinical outcomes to patients undergoing critical procedures in an outpatient environment,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “Healthgrades is proud to recognize Mary Washington Hospital as a national leader in specialty care and a choice hospital for outpatient surgery in the Fredericksburg Region.”

As outpatient surgical volumes continue to grow, Healthgrades is proud to offer the industry’s only outcomes-based outpatient ratings to help patients identify the best care for their needs. To learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality, visit healthgrades.com.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of SAF data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. For more information on how Healthgrades identifies the nation’s top hospitals for outpatient orthopedic surgery, see the 2025 Outpatient Awardsand Ratings Methodology.

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About Mary Washington Healthcare

Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional healthcare system that provides inpatient and outpatient care at over 80 facilities including Mary Washington Hospital, a 471-bed tertiary hospital, Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital, four emergency departments, and a multi-specialty graduate medical education program. Mary Washington Healthcare is a non-profit health system with a longstanding commitment to providing care regardless of ability to pay. For more information about our services and facilities, visit mwhc.com.

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