This document lists the bottom 10 hospitals in Michigan from 2013 to 2016 based on their readmission ratio for hip and knee replacement surgeries. The readmission ratio is a measure used by CMS where a ratio over 1 indicates excess readmissions compared to average hospitals, with Hurley Medical Center having the highest ratio of 1.48. The source is the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on the Medicare.gov website.

1. Bottom 10 Hospitals - Michigan
(Hip/Knee Replacement-Readmission Ratio-2013 to 2016)
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.
• Source:
https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/readmission-
reduction-program.html
• Readmission Ratio 2013 to 2016
10/07/2018 Jim Basch, MBA, Executive Consultant. Email: jcbasch@yahoo.com Cell: 408.425.4410
1.48
1.42
1.33
1.32
1.29
1.27
1.26
1.24
1.23
1.22
HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER
HENRY FORD HOSPITAL
MCLAREN FLINT
LAKE HURON MEDICAL CENTER
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL & UNIV HEALTH…
MCLAREN MACOMB
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL
HENRY FORD WYANDOTTE HOSPITAL
HENRY FORD ALLEGIANCE HEALTH
ST MARY MERCY HOSPITAL
Bottom 10 Hospitals, Michigan
(Hip/Knee Replacement-Readmission Ratio)