New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has the lowest hospitalwide readmission rate, according to CMS's Unplanned Hospital Visits.
The data, released July 31, is based on provider data for hospital return days, including unplanned readmission measures.
Here are the 10 hospitals with the highest and lowest hospitalwide readmission rates, along with their respective scores:
Lowest
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City) — 10.1
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center (Boise, Idaho) — 11.5
New England Baptist Hospital (Boston) — 11.5
W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center (Salisbury, N.C.) — 11.8
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (Little Rock) — 12.3
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital (Wichita, Kan.) — 12.3
Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital (Tyler, Texas) — 12.3
O.A.S.I.S. Hospital (Phoenix) — 12.4
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital — 12.4
Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah) — 12.4
Highest
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 19.1
St. Lucie Medical Center (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.) — 17.9
LA Downtown Medical Center (Calif.) — 17.7
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center — 17.5
Broward Health North (Pompano Beach, Fla.) — 17.4
VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) — 17.4
Jefferson Stratford (N.J.) Hospital — 17.4
St. John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore (Far Rockaway, N.Y.) — 17.4
Baystate Medical Center (Springfield, Mass.) — 17.3
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank, Calif.) — 17.2