The following is a list of hospitals with the lowest 30-day readmission rates from pneumonia, according to data from CMS.
The information was pulled from CMS' Hospital Compare website and is from July 2012 through June 2015, the most recent data available.
All hospitals on this list have a pneumonia 30-day readmission rate of less than 14.2 percent. For reference, the national average rate is 17.1 percent.
St. Luke's Patients Medical Center (Pasadena, Texas) — 12.9 percent
Johnson Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Ind.) — 13 percent
Providence Holy Family Hospital (Spokane, Wash.) — 13.1 percent
Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa, Calif.) — 13.2 percent
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, Calif.) — 13.2 percent
Memorial Health University Medical Center (Savannah, Ga.) — 13.2 percent
Avera Queen of Peace (Mitchell, S.D.) — 13.3 percent
Lakeland Community Hospital (Haleyville, Ala.) — 13.3 percent
UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs, Colo.) — 13.3 percent
Gordon Hospital (Calhoun, Ga.) — 13.3 percent
MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena — 13.3 percent
Integris Bass Baptist Health Center (Enid, Okla.) — 13.4 percent
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (Idaho Falls) — 13.4 percent
Putnam County Hospital (Greencastle, Ind.) — 13.4 percent
Pella (Iowa) Regional Health Center — 13.4 percent
Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, N.J.) — 13.5 percent
Lutheran Medical Center (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) — 13.5 percent
Mercy Hospital (Iowa City, Iowa) — 13.5 percent
Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas) — 13.6 percent
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center (Santa Fe, N.M.) — 13.6 percent
Sequoyah County-City of Sallisaw (Okla.) Hospital Authority — 13.7 percent
Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital — 13.7 percent
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center — 13.7 percent
Olympic Medical Center (Port Angeles, Wash.) — 13.7 percent
MultiCare Auburn (Wash.) Medical Center — 13.7 percent
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) — 13.7 percent
Venice (Fla.) Regional Medical Center-Bayfront Health — 13.7
Citrus Memorial Hospital (Inverness, Fla.) — 13.7 percent
Delnor Community Hospital (Geneva, Ill.) — 13.8 percent
Borgess Medical Center (Kalamazoo, Mich.) — 13.8 percent
Punxsutawney (Pa.) Area Hospital — 13.9 percent
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (Corvallis, Ore.) — 13.9 percent
St. Francis-Downtown (Greenville, S.C.) — 13.9 percent
St. Francis Health Center (Topeka, Kan.) — 13.9 percent
Pardee Hospital (Hendersonville, N.C.) — 14 percent
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula — 14 percent
St. Rita's Medical Center (Lima, Ohio) — 14 percent
Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital — 14 percent
Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage) — 14 percent
Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center — 14.1 percent
Centura Health-St. Mary Corwin Medical Center (Pueblo, Colo.) — 14.1 percent
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (Mass.) — 14.1 percent
Southern Ocean Medical Center (Manahawkin, N.J.) — 14.1 percent
Knapp Medical Center (Weslaco, Texas) — 14.2 percent
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton — 14.2 percent
Jordan Valley Medical Center (West Jordan, Utah) — 14.2 percent
Aspirus Wausau (Wis.) Hospital — 14.2 percent
St. Agnes Hospital (Fond du Lac, Wis.) — 14.2 percent
St. Anthony North Health Campus (Westminster, Colo.) — 14.2 percent
Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center (Crystal River, Fla.) — 14.2 percent
Advocate Bromenn Medical Center (Normal, Ill.) — 14.2 percent
Newton (Kan.) Medical Center — 14.2 percent