Atlantic Health earns most “#1 in NJ” state rankings from Healthgrades for the third year in a row
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973-829-4665EmailAtlantic Health Morristown Medical Center is the most recognized hospital in the country
MORRISTOWN, NJ – October 27, 2026 – Atlantic Health medical centers are leaders in New Jersey and across the nation when it comes to delivering high quality care and superior patient outcomes across numerous specialties according to Healthgrades.
Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center is the most recognized hospital in the country with dozens of distinctions across numerous services including America's Best Hospitals for Specialty Care, Specialty Excellence Awards, Five-stars and seven #1 in NJ State Rankings. Morristown is also the only hospital in the country to receive all of the following recognitions: Excellence Awards in Cardiology, Cardiac Care, Cardiac Surgery and Coronary Intervention, the America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™, the America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™, America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™, America's 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement™ and America's 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery™. You can see the entire list of achievements for Atlantic Health Morristown here.
Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center is the fifth most recognized hospital in the country and is the nation’s only hospital to receive all of the following recognitions: America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ and America's 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care™, America's 100 Best Hospitals Stroke Care™, America's 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery™ and America's 50 Best Hospitals for Emergency Hospitalization™. Overlook also received five #1 State Rankings for 2027 which include: Gastrointestinal Surgery, Neurosciences, Pulmonary Care, Stroke Care and Emergency Hospitalization. You can see the entire list of recognitions for Atlantic Health Overlook here.
Atlantic Health’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. Unlike rankings based on surveys or reputation, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance strictly on objective clinical outcomes–risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates–across more than 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
“These outstanding recognitions from Healthgrades are a wonderful celebration of Atlantic Health’s place as a national and regional leader in providing high-quality, innovative and personalized care to our patients,” said Saad Ehtisham, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Health. “I am proud to congratulate every physician, nurse and team member from across our system who not only make these accomplishments possible, but through their tireless commitment help make Atlantic Health an extraordinary place to provide and receive care.”
Healthgrades also awarded Atlantic Health Newton, Chilton, Hackettstown and CentraState medical centers for high-quality treatment for several medical conditions and procedures:
Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center was named one of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for Critical Care for the fifth year in a row (2023-2027), was the number four ranked hospital in New Jersey for Critical Care and number five for Gastrointestinal Surgery. Atlantic Health Chilton was also named among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology Services for the third year in a row (2025-2027). You can see the rest of Atlantic Health Chilton’s recognitions here.
Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center was named one of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care™, and the number four hospital in New Jersey for Gastrointestinal Surgery. Additionally, Atlantic Health Hackettstown earned Excellence Awards in Gastrointestinal Care, Critical Care and Emergency Hospitalization. You can see all of Atlantic Health Hackettstown’s honors here.
Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center is one of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care™ for the fourth year in a row (2024-2027). For the third year in a row Atlantic Heath Newton earned the Excellence Award for Stroke Care (2025-2027) and newly added for this year the Excellence Award for Gastrointestinal Surgery. Learn about all of Atlantic Health Newton’s recognitions here.
Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center added two new recognitions this year, earning the Outpatient Prostate Care Excellence Award™ and being named a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure. Atlantic Health CentraState also repeated as a Five-Star Recipient for the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism and for Sepsis. Find out about all of Atlantic Health CentraState’s recognitions here.
“Finding a hospital that excels in a given procedure or treatment can transform a patient’s health trajectory,” said Alana Biggers, MD, MPH, medical advisor at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognize Atlantic Health’s hospitals for their top-tier performance in a wide variety of achievement areas and commend its teams for delivering exceptional patient outcomes when it matters most.”
Consumers can visit Healthgrades’ Specialty Excellence Patient Advocate Center to learn more about how Healthgrades identifies the top-performing hospitals for specialty care.
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About Atlantic Health
Atlantic Health is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality healthcare in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 25,000 team members and more than 5,667 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.
The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.
The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with almost 2,000 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 4,000 healthcare providers throughout northern and central NJ.
Atlantic Health provides care for the full continuum of healthcare needs through 26 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse, Atlantic Health Virtual Primary Care and the always available AI-powered insights of Atlantic Health PatientGPT. Facilitating connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
Founded by Atlantic Health, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health hosts Sidney Kimmel Medical College students for clinical rotations and is the official healthcare partner of the New York Jets.