Louis a Weiss Memorial Hospital

Hospital in Chicago, IL, Medicare certification number 140082. CMS publishes 45 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

CCN: 140082The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Terminated Involuntary: failure to meet health/safety requirements, Aug 9, 2025
Provider type: Hospital – Short-term
Listed by Care Compare as: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Proprietary
Control type: Private (for profit)
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: Feb 26, 2025
Beds: 236
Overall star rating: 1 of 5Care Compare
Most recent change of ownership: Jan 28, 2019 (6 total)
Address: 4646 N Marine Drive
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 878-8700

Units certified under this facility 1

Parts of this facility that Medicare certifies under a number of their own, such as a psychiatric or rehabilitation unit.

Louis a. Weiss Memorial Hospital Inpatient rehabilitation facility, CCN 14T082, 8 measures

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 0

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Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (9)

Cleanliness - star rating — 5
Communication about medicines - star rating — 5
Discharge information - star rating — 5
Doctor communication - star rating — 5
Nurse communication - star rating — 5
Overall hospital rating - star rating — 5
Quietness - star rating — 5
Recommend hospital - star rating — 5
Summary star rating — 5

Complications and deaths 18

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1
- State average 1.05 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 307 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected1.32
- State average 0.99 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected7.9
- State average 8.22 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 35 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected13.2
- State average 11.78 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 42 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected8.4
- State average 10.49 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 88 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected14.4
- State average 15.41 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 173 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected9.1
- State average 11.77 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 49 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.5
- State average 4.05 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 532 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.19
- State average 0.21 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 2,013 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.29
- State average 0.27 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 2,062 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.84
- State average 3.71 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 350 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected2.08
- State average 1.67 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 184 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.19
- State average 2.3 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 333 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected12.46
- State average 9.53 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 194 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.85
- State average 5.15 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 155 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.74
- State average 1.74 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 40 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected1.31
- State average 0.57 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 1,755 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected5.5
- State average 4.2 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 51 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (2)

Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 1
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5

Infections 2

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0
- State average 0.57
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.62
- State average 0.37
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) — 3, 13
MRSA Bacteremia — 3, 13
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 3, 13
SSI - Colon Surgery — 3, 13

Outpatient imaging 2

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Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 3.7
- State average 6.49 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 1.8
- State average 7.81 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024

Spending per patient 1

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Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 1.12
- State average 1
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 14

Medicare Care Compare

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 36
- State average 63
- National average 65
- 70 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time all patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, including psychiatric/mental health patients and patients who were transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 224
- State average 171
- National average 168
- 213 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better 210
- State average 162
- National average 162
- 172 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 298
- State average 288
- National average 257
- 38 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 100
- State average 97 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 33 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
- State average 95
- National average 93
- 22 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 41
- State average 87
- National average 78
- 1,419 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 91
- State average 94.61 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 522 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 5
- State average 3
- National average 2
- 16,409 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 14
- State average 16
- National average 15
- 404 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 53
- State average 72
- National average 73
- 15 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 61
- State average 79
- National average 81
- 70 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 69
- State average 93
- National average 93
- 29 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 94
- State average 81.77 (computed here)
- National average 82.23 (computed here)
- 1,813 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 5
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better — 1, 3
Emergency department volume — low
Global Malnutrition Composite Score — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Diagnosis Documented — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Risk Screening — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutrition Assessment — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutritional Care Plan — 5
Head CT results — 1, 3
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia — 5
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle — 1, 2, 3
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1

Unplanned visits 8

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.8
- State average 14.43 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 61 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected23
- State average 21.51 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 116 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 60
- State average 8.22 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 101 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 16.5
- State average 13.94 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 164 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.6
- State average 17.5 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 178 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected6.1
- State average 5.98 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 40 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.6
- State average 20.07 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 56 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13.5
- State average 12.97 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 38 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)

Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
Rate of readmission for CABG — 5
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery — 1

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