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VA hospitals in California

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 8 hospitals in California that CMS lists. CMS rated 8 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 279 hospitals of every kind in California, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
8
Rated by CMS
8
At 5 stars
3
Moved since
2 up 1 down

Star ratings in California: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in California: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars329
4 stars387
3 stars275
2 stars059
1 star029

Source: CMS Hospital General Information (dataset xubh-q36u), released .

A star is CMS's summary of up to five groups of measures, not a ranking of every hospital against every other. How the star rating works.

Every VA hospital in California

Ordered by CMS star rating, then by name; hospitals with the same rating share a rank. Select a column heading to sort. How ranks are set.

VA hospitals in CaliforniaER median is CMS measure OP-18b, which leaves out patients transferred to another facility and mental health patients. CMS measurement periods: Would definitely recommend, to ; ER median, to .Each row's four small tiles are its CMS stars for , , and .
CMS stars, to to to
Fresno VA Medical Center (VA Central California Healthcare System) FresnoState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Up from 471%Not available
Palo Alto VA Medical Center Palo AltoState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 584%156 low-volume ED
VA San Diego Healthcare System San DiegoState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 574%262 medium-volume ED
San Francisco VA Medical Center San FranciscoState rank 4, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 478%147 low-volume ED
VA Long Beach Healthcare System Long BeachState rank 4, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 2 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Up from 373%Not available
VA Northern California Healthcare System MatherState rank 4, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 472%289 medium-volume ED
Loma Linda VA Medical Center Loma LindaState rank 7, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Down from 478%225 medium-volume ED
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Los AngelesState rank 7, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Same as 366%121 medium-volume ED

California figures CMS publishes, for comparison

Each hospital page compares its numbers with these; CMS's footnotes are quoted under the table.

California figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureCaliforniaPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital69% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1068% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well76% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients174 minutes (footnotes 25, 26) to
Left the emergency department before being seen2% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Severe sepsis and septic shock care that met every step70% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.595 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.537 to
  • CMS footnote 21: Patient survey results for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals do not represent official HCAHPS results and are not included in state and national averages.
  • CMS footnote 25: State and national averages include Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital data.
  • CMS footnote 26: State and national averages include Department of Defense (DoD) hospital data.

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