Tyler, Texas-based Christus Mother Frances Hospital had the lowest readmission ratio for coronary artery bypass graft surgery between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19.
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.
Ratios are calculated by dividing a hospital’s predicted rate of readmissions with the expected rate of readmissions, based on the average rate of hospitals with similar patient populations.
Here are the hospitals with the lowest readmission ratios for coronary artery bypass graft surgery:
- Christus Mother Frances Hospital (Tyler, Texas): 0.7443
- Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital (Utah): 0.7762
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital (Fla.): 0.7881
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital (Spokane, Wash.): 0.8071
- Cleveland Clinic: 0.8076
- Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.): 0.8084
- Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield, Ill.): 0.8094
- Rapides Regional Medical Center (Alexandria, La.): 0.8287
- Christiana Hospital (Newark, Del.): 0.8298
- Wesley Medical Center (Wichita, Kan.): 0.8345
- Mount Sinai Morningside (New York City): 0.8345
- Kootenai Health (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho): 0.8365
- Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove Village, Ill.): 0.8379
- Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.): 0.841
- Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (Baton Rouge, La.): 0.8423
- Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center: 0.8432
- Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln, Neb.): 0.8446
- Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Hospital: 0.845
- Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.): 0.8466
- Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City): 0.8531
- WakeMed Raleigh (N.C.) Campus: 0.8551
- St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.): 0.856
- Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (Bangor): 0.8563
- Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital (Vero Beach, Fla.): 0.8576
- St. Joseph’s Hospital (Tampa, Fla.): 0.8585
- Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital (Provo): 0.8588
- Corewell Health West Michigan (Grand Rapids, Mich.): 0.859
- Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (Medford, Ore.): 0.8601
- Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital (Ogden, Utah): 0.8602
- St. Joseph’s Hospital – Savannah (Ga.): 0.8609
