Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin was one of 10 hospitals in New Jersey to receive a four-out-of-five-star rating in the 2021 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services overall hospital quality assessment. CMS evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals, with results based on how well a hospital performs across different areas of quality, such as treatment, readmission rates and effectiveness of care.

“What better distinction can a hospital receive than to be noted for its efforts in providing safe, quality care,”…