Indiana Heart Failure Readmission Rates

CMS has made available the heart failure readmission rates for all hospitals in the country on its http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov website.

The database behind the website is also available from CMS.

In the State of Indiana:

• 12 hospitals were better than the national average.
• 103 hospitals were no different than the national average.
• 2 hospitals were worse than the national average.

Who were these top performing hospitals?

• BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
• COLUMBUS REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• KOSCIUSKO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• LAPORTE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTER
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND
• PARKVIEW HOSPITAL
• PORTER, VALPARAISO HOSPITAL
• SAINT JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - SOUTH BEND
• SAINT JOSEPH'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - PLYMOUTH
• ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTERS
• ST VINCENT HEART CENTER OF INDIANA LLC

Additional Notes:

• Readmission rates for the Indiana better than national average hospitals ranged from 19.3% to 21.5%.
• Readmission rates for the two Indiana worse than national average hospitals were 27.7% (pt. n=690) and 28.7% (pt. n=606).