(ICYMI) GA Hospitals From First to Worst: Where Do WellStar Hospitals Rate?

Reporting by TOM DAVIS (Patch Staff)

How does your hospital rate?

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, 3 Georgia hospitals (out of 207 nationally) earned five stars. One hospital received one star. Poor scores can result in lower reimbursement 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 surveys 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 Georgia:

5 Stars

• Emanuel Medical Center, Swainsboro
• Northside Medical Center, Columbus
• Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Newnan

4 Stars

• Bacon County Hospital, Alma
• Coffee Regional Medical Center, Douglas
• Donalsonville Hospital, Donalsonville
• Elbert Memorial Hospital, Elberton
• Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Johns Creek
• Emory University Hospital, Atlanta
• Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton
• Gordon Hospital, Calhoun
• Grady General Hospital, Cairo
• Habersham County Medical Center, Demorest
• Houston Medical Center, Warner Robins
• Meadows Regional Medical Center, Vidalia
• Memorial Hospital and Manor, Bainbridge
• Northside Hospital, Atlanta
• Northside Hospital Forsyth, Cumming
• Perry Hospital, Perry
• Putnam General Hospital, Eatonton
• Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus, Saint Marys
• Tanner Medical Center- Carrollton, Carrollton
• Taylor Regional Hospital, Hawkinsville
• Union General Hospital, Blairsville
• University of Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center, Thomson
• Upson Regional Medial Center, Thomaston
• West Georgia Medical Center, Lagrange

3 Stars

• Appling Hospital, Baxley
• Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens
• Cartersville Medical Center, Cartersville
• Chestatee Regional Hospital, Dahlonega
• Colieseum Medical Centers, Macon
• Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon
• Colquitt Regional Medical Center, Moultrie
• Doctors Hospital, Augusta
• Dodge County Hospital, Eastman
• Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta
• Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin
• Fannin Regional Hospital, Blue Ridge
• Floyd Medical Center, Rome
• Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta
• Gwinnett Medical Center, Lawrenceville
• Hutcheson Medical Center, Fort Oglethorpe
• Jefferson Hospital, Louisville
• John D Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville
• Liberty Regional Medical Center, Hinesville
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross, Waycross
• Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon
• Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah
• North Georgia Medical Cneter, Ellijay
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville
• Northridge Medical Center, Commerce
• Northside Hospital Cherokee, Canton
• Oconee Regional Medical Center, Milledgeville
• Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany
• Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus
• Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville
• Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta
• Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Jasper
• Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Newnan
• Redmond Regional Medical Center, Rome
• Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta
• South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta
• Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick, Brunswick
• St. Francis Hospital, Columbus
• St. Mary’s Hospital, Athens
• St. Mary’s Sacred Hearth Hospital, Lavonia
• Stephens County Hospital, Taccoa
• Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica
• Tift Regional Medical Center, Tifton
• Trinity Hospital of Augusta, Augusta
• Washington County Regional Medical Center, Sandersville
• Wayne Memorial Hospital, Jesup
• Wellstar Douglas Hospital, Douglasville
• Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta
• Wellstar Paulding Hospital, Hiram

2 Stars

• Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta
• Barrow Regional Medical Center, Winder
• Candler Hospital, Savannah
• Clearview Regional Medical Center, Monroe
• Crisp Regional Hospital Cordele
• Dekalb Medical Center, Decatur
• Dekalb Medical Center at Hillandale, Lithonia
• Dorminy Medical Center, Fitzgerald
• East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro
• Eastside Medical Center, Snellville
• Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton
• Irwin County Hospital, Ocilla
• Medical College of Ga. Hospitals and Clinics, Augusta
• Midtown Medical Center, Columbus
• Newton Medical Center, Covington
• North Fulton Hospital, Roswell
• Piedmont Henry Hospital, Stockbridge
• Rockdale Medical Center, Conyers
• Spalding Regional Hospital, Griffin
• St. Joseph’s Hospital Savannah, Savannah
• University Hospital, Augusta
• Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell

1 Star

• Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale