(KLZA)--Community Medical Center has been recognized as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital for 2023.

This marks the sixth time The Chartis Center for Rural Health has recognized CMC having previously recognized the Falls City Hospital in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022.

The annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the national rural hospitals based on results on the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX.

Now in its 13th year, the INDEX has established itself as the industry's most comprehensive and objective assessment of rural hospital performance.

CMC Administrator Ryan Larsen said in a news release “ that it is nice to have an outside voice tell us we are doing well, and that he is proud of the hospital staff.”