20 hospitals with highest, lowest heart failure death rates

20 hospitals with highest, lowest heart failure death rates unknown

Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data.

CMS's "Complications and Deaths - Hospital" database collected provider-level data on complication measures, the CMS patient safety indicators and 30-day death rates for hospitals across the nation. The data cover deaths from July 2020 to June 2023 and was last updated July 31.

Here are the hospitals with the lowest and highest death rates for heart failure patients:

Note: These lists contain ties.

Lowest

1. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 5  

1. VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) — 5  

3. Seattle VA Medical Center — 5.5  

4. Washington DC VA Medical Center — 5.6  

5. Dallas (Texas) VA Medical Center — 5.7  

6. VA Long Beach (Calif.) Healthcare System — 5.8  

6. Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago) — 5.8  

6. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) — 5.8  

9. Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 5.9  

9. Miami VA Medical Center — 5.9

Highest

1. Northwest Florida Community Hospital (Chipley) — 23.2  

2. Integris Miami (Okla.) Hospital — 20.3  

2. St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City (Ore.) — 20.3  

4. Merit Health Wesley (Hattiesburg, Miss.) — 20.1  

5. Watertown (Wisc.) Memorial Hospital — 19.6  

6. Upson Regional Medical Center (Thomaston, Ga.) — 19.5  

7. Lompoc (Calif.) Valley Medical Center — 19.2  

8. LECOM Health Corry (Pa.) Memorial Hospital — 19.1  

8. Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital (Thermopolis, Wyo.) — 19.1  

10. Lake Regional Health System (Osage Beach, Mo.) — 18.9