CMS collected provider-level data on complication measures, the CMS Patient Safety Indicators and 30-day death rates for hospitals across the nation.
Here are the hospitals with the lowest and highest death rate for heart attack patients:
Lowest rates:
1. Mayo Clinic Hospital (Rochester, Minn.): 8.9
1. NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City): 8.9
1. Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah): 8.9
4. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles): 9.2
4. Medstar Washington Hospital Center (Washington D.C.): 9.2
4. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City): 9.2
7. Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis): 9.3
8. Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus): 9.4
9. Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.): 9.5
10. Stanford (Calif.) Health Care: 9.6
Highest rates:
1. Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center: 17.1
2. North Mississippi Medical Center (Tupelo): 17
3. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center (Sioux City, Iowa): 16.8
4. Southwest MS Regional Medical Center (McComb, Miss.): 16.6
4. Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (Corvallis, Ore.): 16.6
6. North Alabama Medical Center (Florence): 16.5
7. Princeton Baptist Medical Center (Birmingham, Ala.): 16.1
7. Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center: 16.1
9. Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian, Miss.): 16
9. Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster, Ohio): 16
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