Three Central IL hospitals receive D, F grades from national review organization

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Nine hospitals across Central Illinois received new grades, and three of them earned either a D or an F.

The Leapfrog Group, an online organization that evaluates hospitals nationwide, recently released its Fall 2025 review. The group conducts two evaluations each year — one in the spring and one in the fall — using data that hospitals self-report. That information includes infection rates, surgery issues, error-prevention practices, safety concerns, and staff performance.

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Below is a list of each hospital and the grades they received since 2022:

Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Fall 2025
Carle Foundation Hospital, Champaign: A, A, B, C, C, C, C, D
OSF Heart of Mary, Champaign: C, C, B, B, C, B, C, C
OSF Sacred Heart, Danville: B, B, C, C, C, C, C, C
HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur: C, C, D, D, D, F, F, F
Memorial Hospital, Decatur: C, C, C, C, C, D, C, B
HSHS St. Anthony’s Hospital, Effingham: B, B, B, C, B, C, C, C
Sarah Bush Lincoln, Mattoon: D, D, C, C, C, C, C, C
HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield: C, C, C, C, C, D, D, D
Memorial Hospital, Springfield: C, C, C, C, D, D, D, C

Five hospitals earned C grades in the latest review, a rating they have commonly received over the past three years. Three hospitals, however, earned either a D or an F — Carle Foundation Hospital, HSHS St. John’s Hospital, and HSHS St. Mary’s.

The Leapfrog Group evaluated 32 criteria. Hospitals did not report data for three of them, but of the remaining 29, they scored average or worse than average in more than two-thirds of the categories.

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Since Spring 2022, two hospitals have shown steady declines. Carle fell from an A to a D, and St. Mary’s dropped from a C to an F. HSHS St. John’s held steady at a C until Fall 2024, when its grade slipped to a D.

In contrast, the highest grade earned by any Central Illinois hospital was a B, awarded to Decatur Memorial Hospital. Rated at a D one year ago, the hospital has improved its score in every review since then.

In the latest review, Decatur Memorial scored better than average on nearly half of the 32 criteria.

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