For the fourth time, and the third year in a row, Tallahatchie General Hospital has been named one of the top 20 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for patient satisfaction in the United States.
The rankings were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). An awards ceremony will be held during NRHA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September in Kansas City, Missouri.
The top 20 CAHs have achieved success in overall performance in eight areas of operations: inpatient market share, outpatient market share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge and finance. These hospitals were selected from the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s 2026 Top 100 CAH list, which was released earlier this year.
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“I’m so proud of the hard work of our doctors, nurses and everyone else on our staff who earned this recognition for TGH,” said Tallahatchie General CEO Jim Blackwood. “Being singled out as one of the top 20 critical access hospitals in the country for patient satisfaction is a tremendous honor. And receiving this award four times, and now for the third year in a row, makes it even more special. This is not just something for TGH to be proud of. This is something that our whole community can be proud of.”
TGH was the only Mississippi critical access hospital to be recognized in any category by the NRHA.
In addition to the hospital in Charleston, TGH operates an extended care facility in Charleston; clinics in Charleston, Tutwiler and Grenada; and the Kennedy Wellness Center in Charleston.
