July 27,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The federal government released its first overall hospital quality rating on Wednesday, giving some of the best known local hospitals in New Jersey an average or below average scores .
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rated 3,617 hospitals on a one- to five-star scale . While the hospital industry pressured the Obama administration and Congress to block the ratings and argue the ratings will make places that treat the toughest cases look bad, but Medicare has held firm, saying that consumers need a simple way to objectively gauge quality.
Just 102 hospitals received the top rating of five stars.Nearly half the hospitals or 1,752 received an average rating of three stars. While another 1,042 hospitals were not rated, including all hospitals in Maryland.
Medicare based the star ratings on 64 individual measures that are published on its Hospital Compare website, including death and infection rates and patient reviews. Medicare noted that specialized and “cutting-edge care,” such as the latest techniques to battle cancer, are not reflected in the ratings.
Here are some of our local hospitals and how they ranked:
VALLEY HOSPITAL
223 N VAN DIEN AVENUE
RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450
(201) 447-8000
3 out of 5 stars
BERGEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
230 EAST RIDGEWOOD AVE
PARAMUS, NJ 07652
(201) 967-4000
3 out of 5 stars
HACKENSACK-UMC AT PASCACK VALLEY
250 OLD HOOK ROAD
WESTWOOD, NJ 07675
(201) 383-1074
3 out of 5 stars
ST JOSEPH’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
703 MAIN ST
PATERSON, NJ 07503
(973) 754-2010
1 out of 5 stars
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
30 PROSPECT AVE
HACKENSACK, NJ 07601
(201) 996-2000
2 out of 5 stars
HOLY NAME MEDICAL CENTER
718 TEANECK RD
TEANECK, NJ 07666
(201) 833-3000
4 out of 5 stars
ST MARY’S GENERAL HOSPITAL
350 BOULEVARD
PASSAIC, NJ 07055
(973) 365-4300
2 out of 5 stars
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF SUFFERN
255 LAFAYETTE AVENUE
SUFFERN, NY 10901
(914) 368-5000
2 out of 5 stars
ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
350 ENGLE ST
ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631
(201) 894-3000
3 out of 5 stars
CHILTON MEDICAL CENTER
97 WEST PARKWAY
POMPTON PLAINS, NJ 07444
(973) 831-5000
2 out of 5 stars
