Three San Joaquin Valley hospitals – one in Fresno, one in Modesto and one in Bakersfield – received the lowest scores among 20 hospitals in the region in annual ratings issued this month by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Tim Sheehan

Central Valley Journalism Collaborative

Downtown Fresno’s 685-bed Community Regional Medical Center, the 394-bed Doctors Medical Center in Modesto and Bakersfield’s 253-bed Adventist Health Bakersfield each got one-star ratings for overall hospital quality from the federal agency also known as CMS.

They were among 31 hospitals across California and 229 nationwide named in the lowest tier of CMS’ five-star rating system for overall hospital quality.

No Valley hospitals received the top-level five-star rating. But five medical centers

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