{"id":2489,"date":"2016-10-20T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/healthcare-finance\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2016-10-20T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:58:48","slug":"healthgrades-top-50-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kbicblog.com\/healthcare-finance\/industry-news\/healthgrades-top-50-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthgrades Announces Top 50 U.S. Hospitals Based on Clinical Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/healthcare-finance\/files\/2016\/10\/Healthgrades-Releases-Top-50-U.S.-Hospitals-Based-on-Clinical-Outcomes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2490 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/healthcare-finance\/files\/2016\/10\/Healthgrades-Releases-Top-50-U.S.-Hospitals-Based-on-Clinical-Outcomes.jpg\" alt=\"Healthgrades Releases Top 50 U.S. Hospitals Based on Clinical Outcomes\" width=\"444\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Earlier this week, Healthgrades released its 19th annual evaluation of our nation&#8217;s hospitals \u2013 a ratings report of top U.S. hospitals based on clinical outcomes. Here&#8217;s what they found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From 2013 through 2015, clinical and quality outcomes varied widely and if all hospitals had performed like those that rated 5 stars, 223,412 lives could have been saved and 162,215 complications may have potentially been avoided, the analysis of<em>\u00a0<\/em>MedPAR data on Medicare patients<em>\u00a0<\/em>concluded.<\/li>\n<li>Hospitals that made the top 50 list represent 1% of the total amount of U.S.\u00a0hospitals, while those that are in the top 100 represent 2%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A total of 22 states, including Delaware, New Mexico and Hawaii,\u00a0as well as the District of Columbia did not have any hospitals that received either a 4- or a 5-star rating, Healthcare IT News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthcarefinancenews.com\/news\/healthgrades-2017-report-ranks-top-hospitals\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0The states with the most hospitals in the top 50 list was California with eight hospitals,\u00a0followed by Illinois and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Like what you&#8217;re reading? Stay up-to-date with the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/kbicblog.com\/blog\/healthcare-finance\/category\/industry-news\/\">Healthcare Industry News<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Among the top 50 hospitals were the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Saint Luke&#8217;s Hospitals in Cedar Rapids and Baltimore-based Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The report examines patients&#8217; risk for complication and mortality. It also takes into account 32 common conditions and surgical procedures, such asCABG and bariatric surgery,\u00a0and the relative driving time to hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Patients who stayed at 5-star hospitals had, on average,\u00a0a 71% lower risk of dying. Also, compared to hospitals that received a 1-star rating, those who were treated at hospitals with a 5-star rating for the same procedure or condition had a 65% lower risk of having at least one complication.<\/p>\n<p>While the report provides valuable insight on hospitals&#8217;\u00a0outcomes,\u00a0hospital rankings sometimes differ significantly. In a recent study published by Health Affairs, the four most common rating systems that patients use are contradictory because they use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthcaredive.com\/news\/what-do-hospital-rating-systems-really-measure\/391134\/\" target=\"_blank\">different methodologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See the Healthgrades full report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthgrades.com\/quality\/healthgrades-2017-report-to-the-nation\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Healthgrades released its 19th annual evaluation of our nation&#8217;s hospitals \u2013 a ratings report of top U.S. hospitals based on clinical outcomes. 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