The following is a list of hospitals with a 30-day readmission rate from heart failure of 18.6 percent or lower, according to data from CMS.
Information was pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2012 through June 2015, the most recent data available.
For reference, the national average heart failure readmission rate is 21.9 percent.
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital — 16.3
McLaren-Northern Michigan (Petoskey, Mich.) — 16.5
St. Francis-Downtown (Greenville, S.C.) — 17
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital — 17.1
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (Oklahoma City) — 17.1
Kootenai Health (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho) — 17.2
St. Mary's Hospital (Madison, Wis.) — 17.3
McKay Dee Hospital (Ogden, Utah) — 17.4
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minn.) — 17.8
El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, Calif.) — 17.8
Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Medical Center (La Crosse, Wis.) — 17.8
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville (N.C.) Surgery Center — 17.9
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, Calif.) — 17.9
Dixie Regional Medical Center (St. George, Utah) — 18
Beloit (Wis.) Memorial Hospital — 18
Memorial Hospital (Logansport, Ind.) — 18.1
Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah) — 18.1
Kansas Medical Center (Andover) — 18.1
Memorial Healthcare System (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — 18.1
Northwest Texas Hospital (Amarillo) — 18.1
St. Joseph Medical Center (Bellingham, Wash.) — 18.1
Lovelace Medical Center (Albuquerque, N.M.) — 18.2
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) — 18.2
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital (New London, Conn.) — 18.2
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper, Ind.) — 18.2
Franciscan St. Francis Health-Indianapolis — 18.2
Shannon Medical Center (San Angelo, Texas) — 18.2
Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center — 18.3
Central Vermont Medical Center (Barre) — 18.3
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 18.3
Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital — 18.3
St. Mary's Hospital (Tucson, Ariz.) — 18.4
Banner Heart Hospital (Mesa, Ariz.) — 18.4
Parkview Medical Center (Pueblo, Colo.) — 18.4
East Jefferson General Hospital (Metairie, La.) — 18.4
Roper Hospital (Charleston, S.C.) — 18.4
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (Texas) — 18.4
Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln, Neb.) — 18.5
Hunterdon Medical Center (Flemington, N.J.) — 18.5
Toledo (Ohio) Hospital — 18.6
Verde Valley Medical Center (Cottonwood, Ariz.) — 18.6
MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn, Ill.) — 18.6
Via Christi Hospital Wichita (Kan.) — 18.6
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.) — 18.6
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 18.6