Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital named top ten hospital with lowest preventable readmission rate
Med Center Health’s Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital (CRSH) has the 8th lowest preventable readmission rate among all long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) in the nation, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data. There are more than 330 LTACHs in the United States, putting CRSH in the top 2.4% of all hospitals, in regards to preventable readmission rate.
“Having a low preventable readmission rate means that the patients we serve are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharging from CRSH,” said Seth Smith, Administrator at CRSH. “Essentially, we provide exceptional care that improves our patients’ conditions, and when combined with our discharge process, our patients leave the hospital at the right time, confident the need for re-admission is very unlikely.”
This data was gathered from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2023. The database collects metrics on quality of patient care measures, including infection rates and readmissions. This ranking was made by Becker’s Hospital Review after analyzing the data to find the LTACHs with the lowest observed preventable readmission rates.