Becker's compiled a list of 10 hospitals with the highest excess readmission rates for heart failure patients.
CMS' hospital readmissions reduction program collected data on the number of excess readmissions for six medical events or conditions— heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip/knee replacement and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Excess readmissions are measured by dividing the hospital's predicted rate of readmissions by the expected rate of readmissions, based on an average hospital with similar patients. In October 2012, CMS began reducing Medicare payments for hospitals with excess readmissions under the program.
The most recent data, as of Aug. 8, covers readmissions between July 2019 and June 2022.
Here are the hospitals with the highest excess readmission rates for heart failure patients.
|
Hospital |
Number of Discharges |
Excess Readmission Ratio |
Number of Readmissions |
|
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital |
301 |
1.3656 |
102 |
|
St. Lucie Medical Center (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) |
342 |
1.3076 |
107 |
|
West Hills (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center |
269 |
1.2456 |
80 |
|
ECU Health North Hospital (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) |
219 |
1.2188 |
69 |
|
Glenwood Regional Medical Center (West Monroe, La.) |
471 |
1.2162 |
127 |
|
Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center |
566 |
1.2138 |
138 |
|
Wellmont Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center |
361 |
1.2125 |
101 |
|
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital (Ahoskie, N.C.) |
184 |
1.2019 |
56 |
|
St. John's Riverside Hospital (Yonkers, N.Y.) |
335 |
1.2015 |
93 |
|
Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) |
137 |
1.2002 |
45 |