The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day readmission rates from pneumonia, according to data from CMS.
Data were pulled from Hospital Compare and are from July 2011 through June 2014, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day readmission rate from pneumonia of less than 15 percent. For reference, the national average is 16.9 percent.
Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center (Bossier City, La.) — 13.2 percent
St. Francis Hospital-Roslyn (N.Y.) — 13.2 percent
Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, N.J.) — 13.3 percent
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital (Mitchell, S.D.) — 13.4 percent
St. Vincent Kokomo (Ind.) — 13.8 percent
St. Francis Health Center (Topeka, Kan.) — 13.9 percent
Grand View Hospital (Sellersville, Pa.) — 13.9 percent
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) — 13.9 percent
Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg, Texas) — 14 percent
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth (Texas) — 14 percent
Memorial Hermann Hospital System (Houston) — 14.1 percent
Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, Calif.) — 14.1 percent
St. Joseph Hospital (Eureka, Calif.) — 14.1 percent
University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs) — 14.1 percent
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center (Carson City, Nev.) — 14.2 percent
Sierra View Medical Center (Porterville, Calif.) — 14.2 percent
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (Houston) — 14.3 percent
Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital (Amarillo, Texas) — 14.3 percent
Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital — 14.3 percent
Oaklawn Hospital (Marshall, Mich.) — 14.3 percent
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula — 14.3 percent
Pella (Iowa) Regional Health Center — 14.4 percent
Southern Ocean Medical Center (Manahawkin, N.J.) — 14.4 percent
Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital — 14.4 percent
St. Charles Medical Center-Bend (Ore.) — 14.4 percent
Marion (Ind.) General Hospital — 14.4 percent
Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City, Tenn.) — 14.4 percent
Firelands Regional Medical Center (Sandusky, Ohio) — 14.4 percent
San Antonio Regional Hospital (Upland, Calif.) — 14.4 percent
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (Nashua) — 14.4 percent
Mountain West Medical Center (Tooele, Utah) — 14.4 percent
Boone County Health Center (Albion, Neb.) — 14.5 percent
Central Vermont Medical Center (Barre) — 14.5 percent
UP Health System-Marquette (Mich.) — 14.5 percent
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center (Fort Smith, Ark.) — 14.5 percent
Citrus Memorial Hospital (Inverness, Fla.) — 14.5 percent
Castleview Hospital (Price, Utah) — 14.5 percent
Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Center — 14.5 percent
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center (Normal, Ill.) — 14.5 percent
Willis-Knighton Medical Center (Shreveport, La.) — 14.5 percent
Northern Navajo Medical Center (Shiprock, N.M.) — 14.6 percent
Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital — 14.6 percent
Central Iowa Healthcare (Marshalltown) — 14.6 percent
Saint Luke's South Hospital (Overland Park, Kan.) — 14.6 percent
Henry County Health Center (Mount Pleasant, Iowa) — 14.6 percent
St. Francis Hospital (Columbus, Ga.) — 14.6 percent
Angel Medical Center (Franklin, N.C.) — 14.6 percent
United Regional Medical Center (Manchester, Tenn.) — 14.6 percent
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) — 14.6 percent
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Ontario (Ore.) — 14.6 percent
MultiCare Auburn (Wash.) Medical Center — 14.6 percent