Hospital details
- CMS overall star rating
- 4 stars
- Emergency services
- Yes
- Ownership
- Veterans Health Administration
- Hospital type
- Acute Care - Veterans Administration
- Address
- 700 South 19th Street
- City
- Birmingham, AL
- ZIP code
- 35233
- County
- Jefferson
- State
- Alabama
- CMS Certification Number
- 01014F
Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospitals, Medicare Care Compare
CMS quality measures
Risk-adjusted rates as published by CMS for this hospital. A single rate is not a verdict on a hospital: CMS compares each rate with the national rate and its confidence interval, which are available on Medicare Care Compare.
| Measure | CMS ID | Rate | Unit | Period from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients | COMP_HIP_KNEE | 3.4 | % | 04/01/2023 |
| Hospital-wide all-cause mortality (hybrid measure) | Hybrid_HWM | 3.3 | % | 07/01/2024 |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | MORT_30_AMI | 11.2 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for COPD patients | MORT_30_COPD | 6.6 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | MORT_30_HF | 6.7 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | MORT_30_PN | 15.5 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Pressure ulcer rate | PSI_03 | 0.16 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications | PSI_04 | 157.82 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate | PSI_06 | 0.17 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate | PSI_08 | 0.25 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate | PSI_09 | 2.39 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate | PSI_10 | 1.39 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rate | PSI_11 | 5.74 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate | PSI_12 | 3.06 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative sepsis rate | PSI_13 | 6.33 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rate | PSI_14 | 1.94 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate | PSI_15 | 1.08 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90) | PSI_90 | 0.77 | index | 07/01/2022 |