Last October, county officials announced the name change of Bergen Regional MedicalĬenter, their troubled county hospital. In addition to a major leadership overhaul, Bergen County rebranded the beleaguered hospital in Paramus with a new name- “New Bridge Medical Center.” Yet, that is precisely what’s happening right now in our backyard of Bergen County. When people have immediate health problems or are in crisis, the last thing they need is confusion when seeking help. [The following letter to the editor appeared in the May 3 edition of The Record If a hospital is missing a measure category or group, the weights are redistributed proportionally amongst the qualifying measure categories or groups.Opinion: Bergen Regional Medical Center name change causes confusion for patients Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Timely & Effective CareĪfter estimating the group score for each hospital and each group, CMS calculates a weighted average to combine the 5 group scores into a single hospital summary score. The methodology uses a simple average of measure scores to calculate measure group scores and Z-score standardization to standardize measure group scores for these 5 measure groups: 1. Overall star ratings aren’t calculated for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or Department of Defense (DoD) hospitals. Hospitals report data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services through the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. Once reporting thresholds are met, a hospital’s overall star rating is calculated using only those measures for which data are available. The Overall Hospital Quality Star rating summarizes a variety of measures across 5 areas of quality into a single star rating for each hospital. Facility reported measures count: 8.īetter than the national value:, No different:, Worse: Facility reported measures count: 8.īetter than the national value: 1, No different: 7, Worse: 0 Facility reported measures count: 5.īetter than the national value: 1, No different: 4, Worse: 0 Facility reported measures count: 5.īetter than the national value: 0, No different: 5, Worse: 0 Overall Quality Star Rating Measures Mortality Measure The address is 150 W High St, Morris, IL 60450. The hospital type is acute care hospitals. Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers is a hospital registered with U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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