Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center had the lowest heart failure readmission ratio, according to CMS data published May 13.
As part of its hospital readmissions reduction program, CMS measures excess readmissions for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hip/knee replacement and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The data measures readmission between July 2021 and June 2024.
Ratios are calculated by dividing a hospital’s predicted rate of readmissions by the expected rate of readmissions, based on the average rate of hospitals with similar patient populations.
Here are the hospitals with the lowest heart failure readmission ratios:
Editor’s note: This list includes ties.
1. St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Boise, Idaho): 14.3
2. Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah): 14.6
3. McKay-Dee Hospital (Ogden, Utah): 15.5
4. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (Medford, Ore.): 15.7
5. Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains, N.J.): 15.8
6. Monument Health Rapid City (S.D.) Hospital: 15.9
7. Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (West Islip, N.Y.): 16.0
8. Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center (Carson City, Nev.): 16.4
8. Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center: 16.4
8. UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill, N.C.): 16.4
8. Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center: 16.4
8. Gettysburg (Pa.) Hospital: 16.4
Here are the hospitals with the highest heart failure readmission ratios:
1. Oroville (Calif.) Hospital: 26.6
2. St. Lucie Medical Center (Port St. Lucie, Fla.): 25.3
3. Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek, Ohio): 24.4
4. Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach, Fla.): 24.3
4. New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn (New York City): 24.3
6. Winchester (Mass.) Hospital: 24.2
6. VA New Jersey Health Care System (East Orange, N.J.): 24.2
8. Central Peninsula General Hospital (Soldotna, Alaska): 24.1
8. West Chester (Ohio) Hospital: 24.1
10. Jefferson Health-Northeast (Philadelphia): 24.0
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