Hospital details
- CMS overall star rating
- 4 stars
- Emergency services
- Yes
- Ownership
- Veterans Health Administration
- Hospital type
- Acute Care - Veterans Administration
- Address
- 1 VA Center
- City
- Augusta, ME
- ZIP code
- 04330
- County
- Kennebec
- State
- Maine
- CMS Certification Number
- 20003F
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 | 3.8 | % | 04/01/2023 |
| Hospital-wide all-cause mortality (hybrid measure) | Hybrid_HWM | 3.8 | % | 07/01/2024 |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | MORT_30_AMI | 13.8 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for COPD patients | MORT_30_COPD | 10.7 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | MORT_30_HF | 10.3 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | MORT_30_PN | 11.9 | % | 07/01/2022 |
| Pressure ulcer rate | PSI_03 | 0.34 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate | PSI_06 | 0.2 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate | PSI_08 | 0.38 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate | PSI_09 | 2.16 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate | PSI_10 | 1.65 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rate | PSI_11 | 10.75 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate | PSI_12 | 3.67 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative sepsis rate | PSI_13 | 4.94 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rate | PSI_14 | 1.71 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate | PSI_15 | 1 | per 1,000 | 07/01/2022 |
| Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90) | PSI_90 | 0.95 | index | 07/01/2022 |