The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day readmission rates from heart failure, according to data from CMS.
Data was pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2010 through June 2013, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day readmission rate from heart failure of 19 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 22.7 percent.
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.) — 16.6 percent
ST. FRANCIS downtown (Greenville, S.C.) — 16.6 percent
Dixie Regional Medical Center (St. George, Utah) — 16.6 percent
Billings (Mont.) Clinic Hospital — 17.3 percent
Aurora Sheboygan (Wis.) Memorial Medical Center — 17.4 percent
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee (Mequon, Wis.) — 17.6 percent
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula — 17.7 percent
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital — 17.7 percent
Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital — 17.9 percent
Appleton (Wis.) Medical Center — 17.9 percent
Audrain Medical Center (Mexico, Mo.) — 18 percent
McKay-Dee Hospital (Ogden, Utah) — 18 percent
Mercy Medical Center-Redding (Calif.) — 18.1 percent
Catawba Valley Medical Center (Hickory, N.C.) — 18.1 percent
Central Washington Hospital (Wenatchee) — 18.1 percent
John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek (Calif.) Campus — 18.2 percent
Venice (Fla.) Regional Medical Center-Bayfront Health — 18.2 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck, N.D.) — 18.2 percent
University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs) — 18.3 percent
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) — 18.4 percent
St. Luke's Boise (Idaho) Medical Center — 18.4 percent
Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Medical Center — 18.4 percent
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff, Calif.) — 18.5 percent
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial Hospital — 18.5 percent
Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center — 18.5 percent
Memorial Medical Center of West Michigan (Ludington) — 18.5 percent
St. Charles Medical Center-Bend (Ore.) — 18.5 percent
Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center — 18.5 percent
Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital — 18.5 percent
Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah) — 18.5 percent
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) — 18.6 percent
Northern Maine Medical Center (Fort Kent) — 18.6 percent
Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital — 18.7 percent
St. Vincent Hospital (Santa Fe, N.M.) — 18.7 percent
Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital (Tuscan, Ariz.) — 18.8 percent
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital — 18.8 percent
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minn.) — 18.8 percent
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville (N.C.) Surgery Center — 18.8 percent
Avera St. Luke's Hospital (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 18.8 percent
Shannon Medical Center (San Angelo, Texas) — 18.8 percent
Good Samaritan Hospital (Vincennes, Ind.) — 18.9 percent
St. Joseph's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) — 18.9 percent
Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln, Neb.) — 18.9 percent
Northwest Texas Hospital (Amarillo) — 18.9 percent
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, Colo.) — 19 percent
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta) — 19 percent
Metro Health Hospital (Wyoming, Mich.) — 19 percent
Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Medical Center — 19 percent
CHI Health Nebraska Heart (Lincoln) — 19 percent
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Lebanon, N.H.) — 19 percent
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (Nashua) — 19 percent
Fargo (N.D.) VA Medical Center — 19 percent
College Station (Texas) Medical Center — 19 percent