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VA hospitals in New York

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 9 hospitals in New York that CMS lists. CMS rated 8 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 136 hospitals of every kind in New York, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
9
Rated by CMS
8
At 5 stars
3
Moved since
5 up 2 down

Star ratings in New York: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in New York: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars320
4 stars216
3 stars234
2 stars145
1 star021

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 New York

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 New YorkER 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
Northport VA Medical Center NorthportState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : 2 stars
  2. : 2 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Up from 471%Not available
Upstate New York VA Healthcare System (Western New York VA Healthcare System) BuffaloState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Up from 469%Not available
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System MontroseState rank 1, tied with 2 others5 of 5
  1. : not rated
  2. : not rated
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 5Not availableNot available
Bronx VA Medical Center BronxState rank 4, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : 1 star
  2. : 2 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Up from 371%Not available
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn BrooklynState rank 4, tied with 1 other4 of 5
  1. : 3 stars
  2. : 2 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Down from 5Not availableNot available
Syracuse VA Medical Center SyracuseState rank 6, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 2 stars
  2. : 1 star
  3. : 2 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Up from 280%Not available
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York Division New YorkState rank 6, tied with 1 other3 of 5
  1. : 2 stars
  2. : 1 star
  3. : 2 stars
  4. : 3 stars
Up from 265%Not available
Albany VA Medical Center AlbanyState rank 82 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 2 stars
Down from 372%Not available
Bath VA Medical Center BathNot rated
  1. : not rated
  2. : not rated
  3. : not rated
  4. : not rated
Not rated either yearNot availableNot available

New York figures CMS publishes, for comparison

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

New York figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasureNew YorkPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital67% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1066% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well77% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients194 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 step60% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.547 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.441 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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