The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston is a Medicare-certified hospital (Childrens) in Boston, MA, identified by CMS Certification Number 223304. CMS has not assigned an overall star rating in the current snapshot. Fonteum publishes 3 provenance-tracked CMS quality measures for this hospital, each signed to its primary federal dataset as of Q2 2026.
Fonteum is a US healthcare provenance registry that publishes signed, chain-of-custody-attested research and data pages on Medicare, Medicaid, and federal regulator datasets, drawing from 23 federal source families across CMS, OIG, HRSA, AHRQ, and HHS.
Data last updated: 2026-05-07 · Source: CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 · View on Medicare.gov
How does Fonteum cover hospital quality data?
Fonteum indexes quality data from 23 federal source families, including all six CMS Care Compare facility programs. Each CCN is keyed to its primary CMS dataset — every field traced to a source row and reporting period.
CMS Care Compare · 6 facility types · data.cms.gov · US Government Work
How does Fonteum connect this hospital to its sources?
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston (CCN 223304) is identified across CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 published on data.cms.gov. Every field on this page is chained to its source dataset and row.
How is this hospital’s data sourced and attested?
Each field on this page is sourced from the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 published on data.cms.gov — a US Government Work. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a provenance record identifying the federal source, release date, and redistribution basis.
- Source acquisition — download the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 file from data.cms.gov.
- Entity resolution — key every row to the hospital’s CMS Certification Number (CCN 223304).
- Field projection — extract the fields shown on this page.
- Quality checks — drop rows CMS suppresses or marks not available.
- Chain attestation — sign each field into the Fonteum provenance graph.
Read the full Fonteum provenance methodology or browse the 23 federal source families behind every page.
Which CMS datasets back this page?
- CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 · archived copyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — The Shriners' Hospital For Children - BostonCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
Frequently asked questions
- What is the CMS overall star rating for The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston?
- CMS has not published an overall star rating for The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston in the current Care Compare snapshot. A rating is assigned only when a hospital reports enough measures across the five CMS measure groups to be scored, so smaller or specialty facilities are often unrated.
- Who owns The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston?
- The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston is classified by CMS as "Proprietary". Ownership type is reported by the hospital to CMS and published in the Hospital General Information dataset; it describes the controlling entity, not the quality of care, which Fonteum reports separately and traces to each source row.
- How many CMS quality measures does Fonteum track for The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston?
- Fonteum publishes 3 CMS quality measures for The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston across 0 groups — . Every measure is a separate provenance claim signed to the CMS dataset, reporting period, and source row it was asserted from, and is hover-traceable on this page.
- Where does The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston's quality data come from?
- The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston's data is drawn directly from 1 primary CMS Care Compare datasets published on data.cms.gov, including patient survey, mortality, readmission, complication, infection, and timely-care files. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a chained 14-field provenance record rather than an aggregated score.
- What does CMS Certification Number 223304 identify?
- The CMS Certification Number (CCN) 223304 is the federal identifier Medicare assigns to The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston. It is unique, dated, and federally issued, and it links this hospital across every CMS dataset — cost reports, Care Compare quality files, and the Provider of Services file — which is how Fonteum joins The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston's records.
- Does The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston provide emergency services?
- CMS records that The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston does not provide emergency services in the Hospital General Information dataset as of Q2 2026. This status is reported by the hospital to CMS; contact the hospital directly to confirm current service lines, which can change between CMS snapshots.
Related facilities and datasets
The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston is a Medicare-certified hospital identified by CMS Certification Number 223304. Data sourced from the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 (data.cms.gov), a US Government Work. Methodology · Report an error · Medicare.gov