The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality 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 mortality rate from heart failure of 8.6 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 11.6 percent.
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 7.2 percent
Raulerson Hospital (Okeechobee, Fla.) — 7.2 percent
Boston Medical Center — 7.2 percent
Paradise Valley Hospital (Nation City, Calif.) — 7.4 percent
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 7.4 percent
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.5 percent
Harper University Hospital (Detroit) — 7.5 percent
VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) — 7.6 percent
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 7.7 percent
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (West Los Angeles) — 7.7 percent
Edward Hospital (Naperville, Ill.) — 7.7 percent
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System (New York City) — 7.7 percent
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia) — 7.7 percent
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 7.8 percent
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 7.8 percent
Decatur (Ga.) VA Medical Center — 7.9 percent
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (Chicago) — 7.9 percent
Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center — 7.9 percent
Saint Francis Medical Center (Lynwood, Calif.) — 8 percent
San Gabriel (Calif.) Valley Medical Center — 8.1 percent
Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System (Panama City, Fla.) — 8.1 percent
Houston Medical Center (Warner Robins, Ga.) — 8.1 percent
Emory University Hospital Midtown (Atlanta) — 8.1 percent
Willis Knighton Medical Center (Shreveport, La.) — 8.1 percent
MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Clinton) — 8.1 percent
Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, N.J.) — 8.1 percent
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 8.2 percent
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago) — 8.2 percent
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.2 percent
Beverly Hospital (Montebello, Calif.) — 8.3 percent
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital — 8.3 percent
Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center — 8.3 percent
MedStar Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center — 8.3 percent
Cleveland-Wade Park VA Medical Center — 8.3 percent
Logan (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center — 8.3 percent
West Hills (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center — 8.4 percent
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson (N.Y.) — 8.4 percent
Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) — 8.4 percent
Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla, Calif.) — 8.5 percent
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital — 8.5 percent
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn (N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) — 8.5 percent
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Coney Island Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 8.5 percent
Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) — 8.5 percent
Summa Wadsworth(Ohio)-Rittman Hospital — 8.5 percent
Main Line Hospital-Lankenau (Wynnewood, Pa.) — 8.5 percent
Fort Duncan Medical Center (Eagle Pass, Texas) — 8.5 percent
Broward Health Coral Springs (Fla.) — 8.6 percent
Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center — 8.6 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) — 8.6 percent
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — 8.6 percent
Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Mich.) — 8.6 percent
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 8.6 percent
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 8.6 percent
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Lumberton, N.C) — 8.6 percent