VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain

Hospital in Boston, MA, Medicare certification number 22010F. CMS publishes 25 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 22010FThe number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Hospital
Listed by Care Compare as: Acute Care - Veterans Administration
Ownership: Veterans Health Administration
Participating since: Mar 1, 1991
Last certification: Mar 1, 1991
Beds: 920
Overall star rating: 4 of 5Care Compare
Address: 150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
(617) 555-1212

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.13 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 2.7 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Better5 of 5
- State average 3.65 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.02 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Better5 of 5
- State average 3.46 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 2.98 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.11 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.56 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.06 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Complications and deaths 6

Medicare Care Compare

Death rate for COPD patients As expected5.7
- State average 7.49 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 370 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected10.1
- State average 11.44 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 133 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients Better6.6
- State average 9.78 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- Better than the national rate
- 652 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected10.8
- State average 13.44 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 298 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected3.5
- State average 3.42 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 2,680 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4
- State average 4.09 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 251 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (14)

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate — 5
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite — 5
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 5
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5
Death rate for stroke patients — 5
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate — 5
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate — 5
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate — 5
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate — 5
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate — 5
Postoperative respiratory failure rate — 5
Postoperative sepsis rate — 5
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate — 5
Pressure ulcer rate — 5

Infections 2

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.74
- State average 0.65
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected1.2
- State average 0.52
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) — 5
MRSA Bacteremia — 5
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 5
SSI - Colon Surgery — 5

Unplanned visits 8

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected16
- State average 14.76 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 107 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected24.7
- State average 22.03 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 538 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart attack patients 72.9
- State average 18.16 (computed here)
- National average 6.71 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 165 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 31.5
- State average 17.34 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 793 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 54.1
- State average 17.01 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- More days than average per 100 discharges
- 347 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected19.6
- State average 17.81 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 234 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected5.4
- State average 5.71 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 282 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected21.2
- State average 20.36 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 295 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)

Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 5
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 5
Rate of readmission for CABG — 5
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) — 5
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery — 5

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