Data was pulled from Hospital Compare and is from July 2010 through June 2013, the most recent data available.
All the hospitals on this list have a 30-day readmission rate from heart failure of 19 percent or less. For reference, the national average is 22.7 percent.
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.) — 16.6 percent
ST. FRANCIS downtown (Greenville, S.C.) — 16.6 percent
Dixie Regional Medical Center (St. George, Utah) — 16.6 percent
Billings (Mont.) Clinic Hospital — 17.3 percent
Aurora Sheboygan (Wis.) Memorial Medical Center — 17.4 percent
Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Ozaukee (Mequon, Wis.) — 17.6 percent
Community Hospital of the Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula — 17.7 percent
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital — 17.7 percent
Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital — 17.9 percent
Appleton (Wis.) Medical Center — 17.9 percent
Audrain Medical Center (Mexico, Mo.) — 18 percent
McKay-Dee Hospital (Ogden, Utah) — 18 percent
Mercy Medical Center-Redding (Calif.) — 18.1 percent
Catawba Valley Medical Center (Hickory, N.C.) — 18.1 percent
Central Washington Hospital (Wenatchee) — 18.1 percent
John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek (Calif.) Campus — 18.2 percent
Venice (Fla.) Regional Medical Center-Bayfront Health — 18.2 percent
St. Alexius Medical Center (Bismarck, N.D.) — 18.2 percent
University of Colorado Health Memorial Hospital Central (Colorado Springs) — 18.3 percent
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) — 18.4 percent
St. Luke’s Boise (Idaho) Medical Center — 18.4 percent
Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Medical Center — 18.4 percent
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff, Calif.) — 18.5 percent
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial Hospital — 18.5 percent
Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center — 18.5 percent
Memorial Medical Center of West Michigan (Ludington) — 18.5 percent
St. Charles Medical Center-Bend (Ore.) — 18.5 percent
Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center — 18.5 percent
Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital — 18.5 percent
Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah) — 18.5 percent
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) — 18.6 percent
Northern Maine Medical Center (Fort Kent) — 18.6 percent
Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital — 18.7 percent
St. Vincent Hospital (Santa Fe, N.M.) — 18.7 percent
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital (Tuscan, Ariz.) — 18.8 percent
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital — 18.8 percent
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minn.) — 18.8 percent
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville (N.C.) Surgery Center — 18.8 percent
Avera St. Luke’s Hospital (Aberdeen, S.D.) — 18.8 percent
Shannon Medical Center (San Angelo, Texas) — 18.8 percent
Good Samaritan Hospital (Vincennes, Ind.) — 18.9 percent
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) — 18.9 percent
Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln, Neb.) — 18.9 percent
Northwest Texas Hospital (Amarillo) — 18.9 percent
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood, Colo.) — 19 percent
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta) — 19 percent
Metro Health Hospital (Wyoming, Mich.) — 19 percent
Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Medical Center — 19 percent
CHI Health Nebraska Heart (Lincoln) — 19 percent
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Lebanon, N.H.) — 19 percent
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (Nashua) — 19 percent
Fargo (N.D.) VA Medical Center — 19 percent
College Station (Texas) Medical Center — 19 percent
