364 Hospitals Have High Rates Of Overall Readmissions, New Medicare Data Show

Medicare’s new comprehensive measure of hospital readmissions shows that at least 20 percent of the hospitals in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island have higher rates of patients returning than the national average.

Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Washington led the states with the highest proportion of hospitals with low readmission rates. In those states, between 13 and 16 percent of hospitals came in below the national average, which was 16 percent of Medicare patients, the data show.

Since 2008, Medicare has been tracking hospital readmission rates and publishing those for three common ailments. In December, the government expanded its disclosure by publishing hospital rates of Medicare patients of all diagnoses who returned within a month for unplanned reasons from July 2011 through June 2012. At 364 hospitals, or 8 percent, patients returned more frequently than did patients at the average hospitals. Some of these facilities are among the most revered in the country, such as the Cleveland Clinic and Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C.

Patients at 315 hospitals, or 7 percent of those rated across the country, were readmitted at a lower rate than the national average. They included Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. The rest of the nation’s hospitals were rated as average.

The KHN chart at the bottom of this story lists all hospitals that did either better or worse than average on this measure, known as hospital-wide all cause unplanned readmissions.

The all-cause readmission rates are particularly significant because the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which advises Congress, has encouraged lawmakers to use this measure when determining financial penalties for hospitals in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. Medicare is currently fining 2,225 hospitals for excess readmissions for heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia patients. (The full penalty list is in this KHN interactive chart, and Medicare publishes the underlying data here.)

The number of cases of each of these three conditions for many hospitals is quite small, making it hard for the government to make accurate assessments of their readmission rates. Half of hospitals have 70 heart attack patients or fewer over a three year period. Nine out of 10 hospitals would have at least 1,100 cases of any kind over three years, making calculations more accurate, MedPAC said.

The hospital industry and some independent researchers have expressed reservations about all the readmissions measures. They say they do not reflect that some hospitals end up saving lives by being more aggressive in readmitting patients at early signs of trouble. They also complain that hospitals with large proportions of low-income patients often have higher readmission rates because those patients often don’t have the money for follow-up care and are more likely to lack their own primary care physician. Finally, while Medicare does take the degree of patient sickness into account when judging hospitals, academic medical centers say that the government analysis isn’t refined enough to fully notice which patients are sicker than others with the same ailment.

Some cities had particularly large numbers of high readmission hospitals, the data show:

Chicago: 19 hospitals including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center and the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Brooklyn: 11 hospitals including Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and New York Methodist Hospital.

Philadelphia: 10 hospitals including Einstein Medical Center, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Baltimore: Seven hospitals including The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and the University of Maryland’s Medical Center and Midtown Medical Center.

Manhattan: Seven hospitals including Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and NYU Langone Medical Center.

Boston: Five hospitals: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Brigham’s Faulkner Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center.

Los Angeles: Four hospitals: California Hospital Medical Center, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Olympia Medical Center and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Miami: Four hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Kendall Regional Medical Center, University of Miami Hospital and Westchester General Hospital.

Out of all cities, Oklahoma City had the most hospitals with lower than average readmissions rates, with four scoring better than average.

Hospital Name City State All-Cause Hospital Wide Readmission Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis MN Better Adena Regional Medical Center Chillicothe OH Worse Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center Oak Lawn IL Worse Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago IL Worse Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago IL Worse Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center Omaha NE Better Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village IL Better Alpena Regional Medical Center Alpena MI Better Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland CA Better American Fork Hospital American Fork UT Better Anderson Regional Medical Ctr Meridian MS Better Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis MD Worse Appleton Med Ctr Appleton WI Better Aria Health Philadelphia PA Worse Arkansas Methodist Medical Center Paragould AR Worse Arkansas Surgical Hospital No Little Rock AR Better Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center Medford OR Better Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau WI Better Athens Regional Medical Center Athens GA Better Atlanticare Regional Medical Center – City Div Atlantic City NJ Worse Augusta Health Fishersville VA Better Aurora Lakeland Med Ctr Elkhorn WI Better Aurora Med Center Washington County Hartford WI Better Aurora Med Ctr Manitowoc Cty Two Rivers WI Better Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee WI Better Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis WI Better Aventura Hospital And Medical Center Aventura FL Worse Avera Mckennan Hospital & University Health Center Sioux Falls SD Better Avera Queen Of Peace Mitchell SD Better Avera St Lukes Aberdeen SD Better Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa AZ Worse Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center Phoenix AZ Better Baptist Health Louisville Louisville KY Better Baptist Medical Center San Antonio TX Better Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis TN Better Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto Southaven MS Worse Baptist St Anthony’s Hospital Amarillo TX Better Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis MO Worse Baxter Regional Medical Center Mountain Home AR Worse Baylor All Saints Medical Center At Fw Fort Worth TX Better Baylor Medical Center At Garland Garland TX Better Baylor Medical Center At Irving Irving TX Better Baylor Regional Medical Center At Grapevine Grapevine TX Better Baylor University Medical Center Dallas TX Better Baystate Medical Center Springfield MA Better Beaumont Health System Grosse Pointe MI Worse Beaumont Health System Royal Oak MI Worse Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley WV Worse Bellevue Hospital Center New York NY Worse Bellin Memorial Hsptl Green Bay WI Better Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Inc Milton MA Worse Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston MA Worse Beth Israel Medical Center New York NY Worse Billings Clinic Hospital Billings MT Better Blanchard Valley Hospital Findlay OH Better Bluefield Regional Medical Center Bluefield WV Worse Bolivar Medical Center Cleveland MS Worse Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth VA Better Boone Hospital Center Columbia MO Better Borgess Medical Center Kalamazoo MI Better Boston Medical Center Corporation Boston MA Worse Botsford Hospital Farmington Hills MI Worse Boulder Community Hospital Boulder CO Better Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport CT Worse Brigham And Women’s Faulkner Hospital Boston MA Worse Brigham And Women’s Hospital Boston MA Worse Bronson Methodist Hospital Kalamazoo MI Better Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Bronx NY Worse Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn NY Worse Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Patchogue NY Worse Brooklyn Hospital Center At Downtown Campus Brooklyn NY Worse Bryan Medical Center Lincoln NE Better Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville LA Worse Caldwell Memorial Hospital Lenoir NC Better California Hospital Medical Center La Los Angeles CA Worse California Pacific Medical Ctr-Pacific Campus Hosp San Francisco CA Better Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg WV Worse Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis MA Better Capital Health System-Fuld Campus Trenton NJ Worse Capital Regional Medical Center Tallahassee FL Worse Carepoint Health-Christ Hospital Jersey City NJ Worse Carepoint Health-Hoboken Umc Hoboken NJ Worse Carolinas Hospital System Florence SC Worse Carolinas Med Center-Mercy Charlotte NC Better Carondelet St Marys Hospital Tucson AZ Better Carondelet St Joseph’s Hospital Tucson AZ Better Carteret General Hospital Morehead City NC Better Casey County Hospital Liberty KY Worse Catawba Valley Medical Center Hickory NC Better Catskill Regional Medical Center Harris NY Worse Central Dupage Hospital Winfield IL Better Central Vermont Medical Center Barre VT Better Central Washington Hospital Wenatchee WA Better Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services Colorado Springs CO Better Centura Health-St Mary Corwin Medical Center Pueblo CO Better Chambers Memorial Hospital Danville AR Worse Chandler Regional Medical Center Chandler AZ Better Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington CT Better Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake VA Worse Cheyenne Regional Medical Center 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