Top ten Hospitals in Washington with lowest average readmissions rates as reported by CMS from 2013 to 2016.

1. Hospital Readmissions – Top 10 Performing - Washington
Hospital Readmissions Reduction
Program
• In October 2012, CMS began reducing Medicare payments for
Inpatient Prospective Payment System hospitals with excess
readmissions.
• Excess readmissions are measured by a ratio, by dividing a
hospital’s number of “predicted” 30-day readmissions for heart
attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, hip/knee replacement, and coronary artery bypass graft
surgery by the number that would be “expected,” based on an
average hospital with similar patients.
• A ratio greater than 1.0000 indicates excess readmissions.
• Average Readmission Ratio 2013 to 2016
9/24/2018 Jim Basch, MBA, Executive Consultant. Email: jcbasch@yahoo.com Cell: 408.425.4410
Hospital-Top 10 Performing Readmission Ratio
CENTRAL WASHINGTON HOSPITAL 0.88
PROVIDENCE SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER 0.88
PROVIDENCE ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER 0.88
CONFLUENCE HEALTH- WENATCHEE VALLEY HOSP &
CLINICS 0.91
OLYMPIC MEDICAL CENTER 0.91
EVERGREENHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER 0.92
ST FRANCIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 0.92
YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 0.92
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER 0.93
ST CLARE HOSPITAL 0.93