Roseburg VA Health Care System Receives 5 Stars CMS Quality Ratings
PRESS RELEASE
August 4, 2023
Roseburg , OR — Today, Roseburg VA Health Care System announced that it received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Roseburg, OR (August 3, 2023) -- Today, Roseburg VA Health Care System announced that it received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This is the first time CMS has included VA facilities in their annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.
The CMS uses five categories – mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care – to award a quality rating for each hospital. The more stars (out of 5), the better a hospital performed on the available quality measures.
Overall, 67% of VA hospitals included in the CMS annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings received either 4 or 5 stars, compared to only 41% of non-VA hospitals. These findings are the latest in a series of recent evaluations showing the effectiveness of VA health care compared to non-VA health care. VA hospitals outperformed non-VA hospitals on all 10 core patient satisfaction metrics in the recent Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Star Ratings, and a recent systematic review of more than 40 peer-reviewed studies found that VA health care is consistently as good as — or better than — non-VA health care.
"The Roseburg VA has a championship team with one focus – providing the right care at the right time in the right place. It’s important to us that Veterans know when they visit a Roseburg VA Health Care System facility, they are receiving a 5-star experience that matches or even surpasses the quality of care at community hospitals," stated Medical Center Director Patrick Hull. "I am honored to collaborate with our dedicated employees and volunteers who consistently deliver this high level of quality care."
“Our job at VA is to deliver the best possible care to every Veteran who walks through our doors,” said VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal. “While we’re very proud of these findings, there is still work to do. We will study these results, learn from them, and continue to improve until we’re delivering world-class care to every Veteran, every time.”
For more information, please contact Veteran Experience Officer Shannon Smyth at , shannon.smyth@va.gov or 541-671-0448, or visit va.gov/roseburg-health-care/.
The point of contact for this release is the Public Affairs Office, Roseburg VA Health Care System; vharos-publicaffairs@va.gov; 541-440-1000, Ext. 43026.
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