New England Baptist Hospital Receives Top Quality and Safety Rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
NEBH Earns Five-out-of-Five-Star Designation from CMS
BOSTON – New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH) has received five-out-of-five stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its annual quality and safety assessment. Only 10 percent of the more than 4,600 hospitals that were assessed received five stars as their Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.
NEBH has received this recognition for over a decade.
The Overall Hospital Quality Star rating summarizes a variety of measures across five areas of quality into a single star rating for each hospital. The five measure groups include safety, readmission, patient experience, mortality, and timely and effective care.
“I am proud of our staff’s dedication to the highest standards of care,” said Mary Sullivan Smith, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, interim president, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer, NEBH. “The Baptist has consistently scored the highest ranking from CMS in quality, reflecting the extraordinary care we provide to patients.”
This data, found under the CMS Hospital Compare tool, is available for consumers to help them compare performance measure information and make informed decisions about where to go for healthcare.
About New England Baptist Hospital
New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH) is the premier regional provider for orthopedic surgery and the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders. New England Baptist Hospital has been nationally recognized for high patient satisfaction and leadership in quality and clinical outcomes. New England Baptist Hospital is a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine and conducts teaching programs in collaboration with Harvard Medical School. New England Baptist Hospital has been the official hospital of the Boston Celtics for over 30 years.
New England Baptist Hospital is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.
