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VA hospitals in Iowa

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 2 hospitals in Iowa that CMS lists. CMS rated 2 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 62 hospitals of every kind in Iowa, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
2
Rated by CMS
2
At 5 stars
1
Moved since
0 up 0 down

Star ratings in Iowa: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in Iowa: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars17
4 stars121
3 stars016
2 stars016
1 star02

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 Iowa

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 IowaER 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
Iowa City VA Medical Center Iowa CityState rank 15 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 580%Not available
VA Central Iowa Healthcare System Des MoinesState rank 24 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Same as 477%Not available

Iowa figures CMS publishes, for comparison

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

Iowa figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureIowaPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital76% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1078% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well83% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients123 minutes (footnotes 25, 26) to
Left the emergency department before being seen3% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Severe sepsis and septic shock care that met every step63% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.622 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.486 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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