Unplanned readmission rates of PPS-exempt cancer hospitals

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center had the lowest 30-day unplanned readmission rate of cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare's Inpatient Prospective Payment System.

Eleven PPS-exempt cancer hospitals are required to participate in the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program, a specialized quality reporting program established in 2010 by the ACA. 

Here are the 30-day unplanned readmission rates of cancer patients at PPS-exempt cancer hospitals between Oct. 20, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022, according to CMS data.

1. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center - 13.3
   
   
2. USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (Los Angeles,) - 18.6
   
   
3. City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Duarte, Calif.) - 19.6
   
   
4. University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) -  20.5
   
   
5. Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases (New York City) - 20.9
   
   
6. Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.) - 21.5
   
   
7. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) - 21.6
   
   
8. University of Miami (Fla.) Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - 21.9
   
   
9. Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia) - 22.7
   
   
10. Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute (Columbus) - 23
    
    
11. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute (Seattle) - 27.2