EvergreenHealth Earns Five-Star Designation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This is the ninth straight year EvergreenHealth has been awarded the five-star rating.
KIRKLAND, Wash. — EvergreenHealth Medical Center recently became one of seven hospitals in Washington state to receive a five-star overall rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), putting the health care organization in the top 13% of over 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
Achieving a five-star rating represents EvergreenHealth's high scores across a range of quality measures and places it alongside just 381 other hospitals in the nation for quality. The overall CMS hospital rating ranges from one to five stars, with more stars reflecting higher performance.
CMS' Hospital Compare tool evaluates quality measures in five key areas to calculate overall ratings for qualifying hospitals, including patient outcomes data such as mortality, safety of care, and readmission, combined with direct patient feedback on patient experience and the effectiveness and timeliness of care.
"EvergreenHealth was the first hospital in Washington State to receive a 5 Star CMS rating, and we have continued to achieve this recognition for nearly a decade. This honor is the result of a sustained commitment to safe, compassionate, highest quality care by our staff and physicians," said Ettore Palazzo, MD, FACP, EvergreenHealth CEO. "It takes highly trained and dedicated people working with the latest technology and equipment to achieve the best possible outcomes our patients deserve. We are extremely proud to receive this recognition.”
Hospital Compare is part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Initiative, which uses a variety of tools to help hospitals improve the quality of care they deliver. The Hospital Quality Initiative's long-term goal is to help improve hospitals' quality of care through easy-to-understand data on hospital performance and quality information gathered directly from patients. Patients are encouraged to use Hospital Compare as a tool for planning their next hospital visit—for treatment other than emergency care—to compare the quality of care at various hospitals in their area.
Learn more about EvergreenHealth's commitment to quality, safety and exceptional care at www.evergreenhealth.com/quality.
