Medicaid Report Shows Deficiencies in Nashville Area Hospitals
August 10, 2011
The report card is in for Nashville-area hospitals after findings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were tallied and compared to national averages last week. According to The Tennessean, most numbers for area hospitals were in line with national averages, though some ranked sub-par in specific areas.
Sumner Regional Medical Center is the worst hospital in the area for pneumonia mortality rates for the third consecutive year. The hospital currently had a 17.2% fatality rate for pneumonia patients over the last year. New owners LifePoint Hospitals, who purchased the facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, are optimistic and anxious to turn those numbers around, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Another area hospital that scored poorly on the report was Southern Hills Medical Center, specifically in the category of heart failure. The facility fell the below the national average, around 10%, with a 15.3% fatality rate.
On a brighter note, several hospitals have dramatically improved since the last report of this nature. Hendersonville Medical Center has improved by leaps and bounds, bringing their heart attack death rates down from 18.2% three years ago to 15.4% most recently.
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