Eleven PPS-exempt cancer hospitals are required to participate in the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program, a specialized quality reporting program established in 2010 by the ACA.
Here are the 30-day unplanned readmission rates of cancer patients at PPS-exempt cancer hospitals between Oct. 20, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022, according to CMS data.
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center – 13.3
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (Los Angeles,) – 18.6
- City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Duarte, Calif.) – 19.6
- University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) – 20.5
- Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases (New York City) – 20.9
- Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.) – 21.5
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) – 21.6
- University of Miami (Fla.) Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – 21.9
- Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia) – 22.7
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute (Columbus) – 23
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute (Seattle) – 27.2
