HPCI News: Five Star Hospital Ratings Now Available
To: Members and Selected Others
Just over 3,500 U.S. hospitals had a new summary rating applied
to their CMS Hospital Compare website in April. The summary rating
includes an average of an hospitals' performance on each of the 11
publically reported measures from the Hospital Consumer Assessment
of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. The HCAHPS survey
evaluates patients' experiences at the facility.
The survey
asks patients about factors such as the responsiveness of hospital
staff to their needs, the quality of care transition and how well
information about medications is communicated. It also asks about
cleanliness and quietness of the facility and whether or not the
patient would recommend it to others.
The CMS first applied
star ratings in 2008 to nursing homes. Last year the agency rolled
out similar programs for home health providers, large group
practices and dialysis facilities. The dialysis ratings sparked
controversy about the methodology and criticism from the industry.
Hospitals are expressing similar concerns. Also, some point out that
specialty hospitals and centers tend to be rated higher. There may
be lessons to be learned from these who focus their care such as
these specialty hospitals and centers.
It is too early to
know whether consumers will be making choices based on this new
information. However, as Dr. Wheeler, CEO of Minnesota-based Allina
Health System points out: "It's not perfect; no measurement system
is. But it creates a healthy competition among hospitals, which is
always good."
Five Star Ratings of Selected Greater Iowa
Hospitals:
| 5 Stars - | |
| Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota, Sioux Falls | |
| Midwest Surgery Center, Omaha | |
| Nebraska Orthopedic Hospital, Omaha | |
| Siouxland Surgery Center, Dakota Dunes, South Dakota | |
| 4 Stars - | |
| Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs | |
| Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls | |
| CHI Health Immanuel, Omaha | |
| CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha | |
| Finley Hospital, Dubuque | |
| Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell | |
| Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center, Lacrosse, WI | |
| Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines | |
| Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines | |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames | |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester | |
| Methodist Jennie Edmondson, Council Bluffs | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque | |
| Mercy Hospital, Iowa City | |
| Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha | |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha | |
| Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester | |
| St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids | |
| Pella Regional Hospital, Pella | |
| Sanford USA Medical Center, Sioux Falls | |
| Sartori Hospital, Cedar Falls | |
| Skiff Medical Center, Newton | |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge | |
| Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah | |
| 3 Stars - | |
| Allen Hospital, Waterloo | |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha | |
| Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo | |
| Genesis Medical Center, Davenport | |
| Great River Medical Center, Burlington | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Clinton | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Mason City | |
| Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City | |
| St. Luke's Health System, Sioux City | |
| Trinity Medical Center, Bettendorf | |
| Trinity Medical Center, Muscatine | |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City | |
| 2 Stars - | |
| Broadlands Medical Center, Des Moines | |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha | |
| Ottumwa Regional Health Center, Ottumwa |
For more information go to www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare.
Paul M. Pietzsch, MPH
HPCI - IHBA Office
4430 Ashley Park Drive
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
(515) 778-6300