The measures add up payments made for care and supplies starting the day the patient enters the hospital and for the next 30 days or 90 days for hip/knee replacement. The payment measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and hip/knee replacement include the payments made for Medicare beneficiaries who are 65 years and older. Hospitals’ rates are compared to the national rate to determine if hospitals’ performance on these measures is better than the national rate (lower), no different than the national rate, or worse than the national rate (higher). The 30-day death measures are estimates of deaths within 30-days of a hospital admission from any cause related to medical conditions, including heart attack (AMI), heart failure (HF), pneumonia (PN), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and stroke as well as surgical procedures, including cornary artery bypass graft (CABG). Many healthcare associated infections can be prevented when the hospitals use CDC-recommended infection control steps. These infections can be related to devices, such as central lines and urinary catheters, or spread from patient to patient after contact with an infected person or surface. They provide information on infections that occur while the patient is in the hospital. These measures are developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The app includes information for the hospital return days (or excess days in acute care) measures, the unplanned readmissions measures, and the rate of unplanned hospital visits. HCAHPS is a national, standardized survey of hospital patients about their experiences during a recent inpatient hospital stay. The app displays hospital ratings for the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS). HCAHPS - Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Medicare publishes an overall star rating for hospitals and compares the hospital to the national average for mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, effectiveness and timeliness of care.

Compare hospital ratings and payments to other hospitals within a region, county or state. This information is made public by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS). hospitals that receive Medicare payments. The Medicare Hospital Compare app displays hospital-specific ratings and charges for more than 4,000 U.S.

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