This morning I looked up my community hospitals (same system) on a listing of penalities and bonuses from CMS. These are for Value Based Purchasing, which includes quality and patient satisfaction and Readmissions within 30 days. While my community hospital (Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital) has improved over last year they were still penalized for Value Based Purchasing. Their smaller Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital was also penalized, but at a smaller rate.
I encourage everyone to see how their community hospital is doing on both quality/patient satisfaction and readmissions. Thank you to Kaiser for creating the listing!
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