(KLZA)-- For the fourth consecutive year, Community Medical  Center in Falls City has been recognized by the Chartis Center for Rural Health as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital.

Other area hospitals honored as Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals were: 
Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn;
Sabetha Community Hospital in Sabetha;
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca;
and Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville.  

The annual award honors rural hospitals performance based on the results of iVantage Health Analytics' Hospital Strength INDEX.

Fifty independent indicators are utilized in assessing a hospital's performance across eight pillars of performance that span market,  value and finance-based categories.