The U.S. national rate of successful observed discharges to a patient's community or home from a long-term care facility between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 9, 2023, was 18.05, according to CMS data published Sept. 25.
Long-term care facilities that participate in Medicare are required to report quality-care measures to CMS, which is then published quarterly on the CMS CareCompare website.
Here are the long-term care facilities with the lowest and highest return to home rates between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 9, 2023:
Lowest
- Select Specialty Hospital Arizona (Phoenix): 3.01
- Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital (New York City): 3.01
- Select Specialty Hospital Phoenix (Phoenix): 3.56
- Select Specialty Hospital-Miami (Miami): 3.86
- Kindred Hospital Riverside (Perris, Calif.): 5.26
- Kindred Chicago Lakeshore: 5.26
- Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area (San Leandro, Calif.): 5.47
- Select Specialty Hospital-Columbus (Ohio): 5.56
- Kindred Hospital Philadelphia (Lawncrest, Pa.): 5.77
- BridgePoint Continuing Care Hospital - Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.): 6.11
Highest
- Shepherd Center (Atlanta): 80
- Deer's Head Center (Salisbury, Md.): 61.76
- Hospital for Special Care (New Britain, Conn.): 48.39
- Vibra Hospital of Central Dakotas (Mandan, N.D.): 40.34
- Intensive Specialty Hospital (Shreveport, La.): 39.13
- Centra Specialty Hospital (Lynchburg, Va.): 38.03
- Gaylord Hospital (Wallingford, Conn.): 37.98
- Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals West Monroe (La.): 37.61
- Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Massachusetts (New Bedford): 37.26
- Vibra Specialty Hospital of Portland (Ore.): 36.14