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VA hospitals in Florida

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 7 hospitals in Florida that CMS lists. CMS rated 6 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 168 hospitals of every kind in Florida, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
7
Rated by CMS
6
At 5 stars
1
Moved since
1 up 0 down

Star ratings in Florida: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in Florida: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars119
4 stars342
3 stars253
2 stars038
1 star016

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 Florida

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 FloridaER 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
Orlando VA Medical Center OrlandoState rank 15 of 5
  1. : 3 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 581%179 medium-volume ED
Miami VA Medical Center MiamiState rank 2, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 474%Not available
Tampa VA Medical Center TampaState rank 2, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 3 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 478%165 high-volume ED
VA North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System, Gainesville GainesvilleState rank 2, tied with 2 others4 of 5
  1. : 2 stars
  2. : 2 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Up from 375%146 medium-volume ED
Bay Pines VA Medical Center Bay PinesState rank 5, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 1 star
  2. : 1 star
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Same as 379%130 medium-volume ED
West Palm Beach VA Medical Center West Palm BeachState rank 5, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 1 star
  2. : 1 star
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Same as 377%Not available
VA North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System, Lake City Lake CityNot rated
  1. : not rated
  2. : not rated
  3. : not rated
  4. : not rated
Not rated either yearNot availableNot available

Florida figures CMS publishes, for comparison

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

Florida figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureFloridaPeriod
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 patients156 minutes (footnotes 25, 26) to
Left the emergency department before being seen1% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Severe sepsis and septic shock care that met every step73% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.433 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.272 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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