N.J. Hospitals Rated First To Worst: Community In Toms River Near Bottom

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare sifted through data for nearly 5,000 hospitals and results from surveys from patients to rank the centers, from worst to first, in terms of in-patient care.

In its latest report, one New Jersey hospital (out of 309 nationally) earned five stars. Sixteen hospitals received one star. Poor scores can result lowerreimbursement rates from Medicare under the government’s value-based purchasing program, according to the survey.

CMS, a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide recommended care to their patients, updated its rankings on Oct. 8, which are based on patient responses to Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys between Jan.1 and Dec. 31 of 2014. Patients receive these at the end of their care and are asked to answer questions on the quality of the experience they received from each hospital.

Here’s the full list of the latest CMS rankings for New Jersey:

• Deborah Heart And Lung Center, Browns Mills: 4
• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack: 4
• Valley Hospital, Ridgewood: 4
• Virtua West Jersey Hospitals, Berlin 4
• Inspira Medical Center, Elmer: 4
• Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick: 3
• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown: 3
• University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro, Plainsboro; 3
• Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington: 3
• Cape Regional Medical Center, Cape May Court House: 3
• Englewood Hospital And Medical Center, Englewood: 3
• Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck: 3
• Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank: 3
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick: 3
• Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell, Pennington: 3
• Hackensack-Umc Mountainside, Montclair: 3
• Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Division, Atlantic City: 3
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune: 3
• Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch: 3
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston: 3
• Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold: 3
• Shore Medical Center, Somers Point: 3
• Hackensack-UMC At Pascack Valley, Westwood: 3
• Saint Clare’s Hospital, Denville: 3
• Ocean Medical Center, Brick: 3
• Cooper University Hospital, Camden: 3
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton: 3
• Kennedy University Hospital - Stratford Division, Stratford: 3
• Southern Ocean Medical Center, Manahawkin: 3
• Inspira Medical Center, Vineland: 2
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark: 2
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains: 2
• St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson: 2
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway, Rahway: 2
• Newton Medical Center, Newton: 2
• Our Lady Of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden: 2
• Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy: 2
• Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken: 2
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Somerville: 2
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit: 2
• Virtua Memorial Hospital Of Burlington County, Mount Holly: 2
• St Luke’s Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg: 2
• Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City: 2
• Community Medical Center, Toms River: 2
• Memorial Hospital Of Salem County, Salem: 2
• Capital Health System-Fuld Campus, Trenton: 2
• Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel: 2
• Hackettstown Regional Medical Cente, Hackettstown: 2
• Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen: 2
• St Mary’s General Hospital, Passaic: 2
• Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville: 2
• Carepoint Health-Christ Hospital, Jersey City: 2
• St Francis Medical Center, Trenton: 2
• Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne: 2
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth: 2
• Inspira Medical Center Woodbury, Woodbury: 2
• Lourdes Medical Center Of Burlington County, Willingboro: 2
• Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark: 2
• University Hospital, Newark: 2
• JFK Medical Center - Anthony M. Yelencsics Community, Edison: 2
• Lourdes Medical Center, Willingboro: 1
• East Orange General Hospital, East Orange: 1
• Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus, Lakewood: 1
• Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, Secaucus: 1

Editor’s note: The initial information provided by Health Care Finance News to Patch incorrectly identified the ratings for several hospitals. These are the current ratings provided by CMS.