CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The hospitals operated by BayCare Health System,
the leading health care provider serving West Central Florida, are
far more likely to provide high-quality, safer care, according to
the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS)
signature consumer ratings.
In the 2024 CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings report: 66%
percent of the nine BayCare hospitals eligible to be surveyed under
the program scored a rating of 4 or 5 stars, compared to 40%
of hospitals nationally. When including 3-star ratings, 88% of
BayCare hospitals performed at that level, compared to 69% of
hospitals nationally. The survey is drawn from
publicly-reported data.
"Combined with other factors, CMS hospital star ratings not only
help people decide where to receive their health care, they also
help hospitals to identify where they excel and where there is
opportunity to perform even better," said Laura Arline, MD, FACP, FAAP, BayCare's chief
quality officer.
"We are very proud of our BayCare hospitals' performances and
the efforts our talented team members, physicians and advanced
practice providers make every day to ensure that we provide the
highest quality and safest care possible," Dr. Arline
said.
CMS' Care Compare tool allows people to find and compare
information about the quality of care at more than 4,000
Medicare-certified hospitals across the country, including more
than 50 military hospitals and more than 130 Veterans
Administration medical centers.
The categories of quality used to determine the ratings are
mortality, readmissions, patient experience, safety, and timely and
effective care.
The 2024 CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings for BayCare
are:
5-star hospitals: Mease Countryside Hospital, Mease Dunedin
Hospital
4-star hospitals: Morton Plant Hospital, St. Anthony's Hospital,
St. Joseph's Hospital (including St. Joseph's Hospital, St.
Joseph's Hospital-North and St. Joseph's Hospital-South), South
Florida Baptist Hospital
3-star hospitals: Bartow Regional Medical Center, Morton Plant
North Bay Hospital
About BayCare
BayCare is a leading not-for-profit health care system that
connects individuals and families to a wide range of services at 16
hospitals and hundreds of other convenient locations throughout the
Tampa Bay and central Florida regions. The system is West Central
Florida's largest provider of behavioral health and pediatric
services and its provider group, BayCare Medical Group, is one of
the largest in the region. BayCare's diverse network of ambulatory
services includes laboratories, imaging, surgical centers, BayCare
Urgent Care locations, wellness centers and one of Florida's largest home care agencies, BayCare
HomeCare. BayCare's mission is to improve the health of all it
serves through community-owned, health care services that set the
standard for high-quality, compassionate care. For more information
visit BayCare.org.
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