Hospital

HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY

CCN: 330270 · NEW YORK, NY 10021 · NEW YORK County

Bottom quartile Middle Top quartile Percentile badges compare this hospital to all 5,426 hospitals nationally.

Overview

Address
535 EAST 70TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10021
Phone
(212) 606-1000
Hospital Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Non-Profit
Emergency Services
Yes
5 /5
★★★★★
CMS Overall Rating
p89
Acute Care — General medical and surgical hospital participating in Medicare IPPS. Subject to CMS quality reporting and payment adjustment programs (VBP, HRRP, HAC).

CMS Star Rating — Quality Domain Breakdown

CMS computes the overall star rating from five quality domains. Each domain compares this hospital's measures against national benchmarks.

Mortality 1 of 7 measures reported
1
Better No different Worse
30-day death rates for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, stroke, CABG, and kidney disease.
Safety of Care 5 of 8 measures reported
1
4
Better No different Worse
Healthcare-associated infections and patient safety indicators (PSI-90 composite).
Readmission 3 of 11 measures reported
3
Better No different Worse
30-day unplanned readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, hip/knee replacement, and CABG.
Patient Experience 8 of 8 measures reported
8 measures reported (comparative data not available for this domain)
HCAHPS survey scores — patient-reported experience with communication, responsiveness, cleanliness, and discharge planning.
Timely & Effective Care 4 of 12 measures reported
4 measures reported (comparative data not available for this domain)
Process-of-care measures including flu immunization, blood clot prevention, and appropriate use of imaging.

Readmissions — Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

The Excess Readmission Ratio (ERR) compares this hospital's 30-day readmission rate to expected, adjusting for patient mix. An ERR of 1.0 means readmissions are as expected; > 1.0 triggers a Medicare payment penalty (up to 3%).

✓ This hospital does not have excess readmissions triggering HRRP penalties.
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
— Not reported
Heart Failure
— Not reported
Pneumonia
— Not reported
COPD
— Not reported
Hip/Knee Replacement 3,253 discharges
0.6738 p1
CABG Surgery
— Not reported
Expected (1.0) National median

CMS Payment Programs

Three Medicare programs adjust hospital payments based on quality performance. Hospitals can be penalized under multiple programs simultaneously.

Readmissions (HRRP)
Not Penalized
Worst ERR: 0.6738
Value-Based Purchasing
—
HAC Reduction
No Reduction
HAC Score: -0.6526

Complications & Deaths

30-day mortality rates, patient safety indicators, and complication rates. "Better" means statistically significantly better than the national rate.

Measure Score vs. National Denominator
COMP_HIP_KNEE 3.30 No Different Than the National Rate 3,534
Hybrid_HWM 3.40 No Different Than the National Rate 2,393
MORT_30_AMI — — —
MORT_30_CABG — — —
MORT_30_COPD — — —
MORT_30_HF — — —
MORT_30_PN — — —
MORT_30_STK — — —
PSI_03 0.22 No Different Than the National Rate 4,367
PSI_04 156.81 No Different Than the National Rate 64
PSI_06 0.17 No Different Than the National Rate 6,372
PSI_08 0.27 No Different Than the National Rate 6,143
PSI_09 2.79 No Different Than the National Rate 6,107
PSI_10 1.25 No Different Than the National Rate 5,822
PSI_11 2.63 Better Than the National Rate 5,850
PSI_12 4.41 No Different Than the National Rate 6,278
PSI_13 2.53 No Different Than the National Rate 5,533
PSI_14 1.70 No Different Than the National Rate 1,108
PSI_15 0.93 No Different Than the National Rate 1,412
PSI_90 0.62 Better Than the National Value —

Patient Experience (HCAHPS)

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems — standardized patient survey measuring satisfaction with care.

Measure Score Star Rating
H_COMP_1_A_P: Nurses "always" communicated well 83% —
H_COMP_1_SN_P: Nurses "sometimes" or "never" communicated well 4% —
H_COMP_1_U_P: Nurses "usually" communicated well 13% —
H_COMP_1_LINEAR_SCORE: Nurse communication - linear mean score — —
H_COMP_1_STAR_RATING: Nurse communication - star rating — 4
H_NURSE_RESPECT_A_P: Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect 89% —
H_NURSE_RESPECT_SN_P: Nurses "sometimes" or "never" treated them with courtesy and respect 2% —
H_NURSE_RESPECT_U_P: Nurses "usually" treated them with courtesy and respect 9% —
H_NURSE_LISTEN_A_P: Nurses "always" listened carefully 80% —
H_NURSE_LISTEN_SN_P: Nurses "sometimes" or "never" listened carefully 4% —
H_NURSE_LISTEN_U_P: Nurses "usually" listened carefully 16% —
H_NURSE_EXPLAIN_A_P: Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand 79% —
H_NURSE_EXPLAIN_SN_P: Nurses "sometimes" or "never" explained things so they could understand 5% —
H_NURSE_EXPLAIN_U_P: Nurses "usually" explained things so they could understand 16% —
H_COMP_2_A_P: Doctors "always" communicated well 83% —
H_COMP_2_SN_P: Doctors "sometimes" or "never" communicated well 4% —
H_COMP_2_U_P: Doctors "usually" communicated well 13% —
H_COMP_2_LINEAR_SCORE: Doctor communication - linear mean score — —
H_COMP_2_STAR_RATING: Doctor communication - star rating — 4
H_DOCTOR_RESPECT_A_P: Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect 89% —
H_DOCTOR_RESPECT_SN_P: Doctors "sometimes" or "never" treated them with courtesy and respect 2% —
H_DOCTOR_RESPECT_U_P: Doctors "usually" treated them with courtesy and respect 9% —
H_DOCTOR_LISTEN_A_P: Doctors "always" listened carefully 82% —
H_DOCTOR_LISTEN_SN_P: Doctors "sometimes" or "never" listened carefully 4% —
H_DOCTOR_LISTEN_U_P: Doctors "usually" listened carefully 14% —
H_DOCTOR_EXPLAIN_A_P: Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand 79% —
H_DOCTOR_EXPLAIN_SN_P: Doctors "sometimes" or "never" explained things so they could understand 5% —
H_DOCTOR_EXPLAIN_U_P: Doctors "usually" explained things so they could understand 16% —
H_COMP_5_A_P: Staff "always" explained 64% —
H_COMP_5_SN_P: Staff "sometimes" or "never" explained 18% —
H_COMP_5_U_P: Staff "usually" explained 18% —
H_COMP_5_LINEAR_SCORE: Communication about medicines - linear mean score — —
H_COMP_5_STAR_RATING: Communication about medicines - star rating — 3
H_MED_FOR_A_P: Staff "always" explained new medications 78% —
H_MED_FOR_SN_P: Staff "sometimes" or "never" explained new medications 7% —
H_MED_FOR_U_P: Staff "usually" explained new medications 15% —
H_SIDE_EFFECTS_A_P: Staff "always" explained possible side effects 51% —
H_SIDE_EFFECTS_SN_P: Staff "sometimes" or "never" explained possible side effects 29% —
H_SIDE_EFFECTS_U_P: Staff "usually" explained possible side effects 20% —
H_COMP_6_N_P: No, staff "did not" give patients this information 10% —
H_COMP_6_Y_P: Yes, staff "did" give patients this information 90% —
H_COMP_6_LINEAR_SCORE: Discharge information - linear mean score — —
H_COMP_6_STAR_RATING: Discharge information - star rating — 4
H_DISCH_HELP_N_P: No, staff "did not" give patients information about help after discharge 10% —
H_DISCH_HELP_Y_P: Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge 90% —
H_SYMPTOMS_N_P: No, staff "did not" give patients information about possible symptoms 10% —
H_SYMPTOMS_Y_P: Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms 90% —
H_CLEAN_HSP_A_P: Room was "always" clean 81% —
H_CLEAN_HSP_SN_P: Room was "sometimes" or "never" clean 6% —
H_CLEAN_HSP_U_P: Room was "usually" clean 13% —
H_CLEAN_LINEAR_SCORE: Cleanliness - linear mean score — —
H_CLEAN_STAR_RATING: Cleanliness - star rating — 4
H_QUIET_HSP_A_P: "Always" quiet at night 52% —
H_QUIET_HSP_SN_P: "Sometimes" or "never" quiet at night 15% —
H_QUIET_HSP_U_P: "Usually" quiet at night 33% —
H_QUIET_LINEAR_SCORE: Quietness - linear mean score — —
H_QUIET_STAR_RATING: Quietness - star rating — 2
H_HSP_RATING_0_6: Patients who gave a rating of "6" or lower (low) 6% —
H_HSP_RATING_7_8: Patients who gave a rating of "7" or "8" (medium) 11% —
H_HSP_RATING_9_10: Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) 83% —
H_HSP_RATING_LINEAR_SCORE: Overall hospital rating - linear mean score — —
H_HSP_RATING_STAR_RATING: Overall hospital rating - star rating — 4
H_RECMND_DN: "NO", patients would not recommend the hospital (they probably would not or definitely would not recommend it) 3% —
H_RECMND_DY: "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital 87% —
H_RECMND_PY: "YES", patients would probably recommend the hospital 10% —
H_RECMND_LINEAR_SCORE: Recommend hospital - linear mean score — —
H_RECMND_STAR_RATING: Recommend hospital - star rating — 5
H_STAR_RATING: Summary star rating — 4

Healthcare Associated Infections

Standardized Infection Ratios (SIR). A SIR < 1.0 means fewer infections than predicted based on national baseline data.

Measure Score (SIR) vs. National
HAI_1_CILOWER — —
HAI_1_CIUPPER — —
HAI_1_DOPC 111.000 —
HAI_1_ELIGCASES 0.108 —
HAI_1_NUMERATOR 0.000 —
HAI_1_SIR — —
HAI_2_CILOWER — —
HAI_2_CIUPPER — —
HAI_2_DOPC 235.000 —
HAI_2_ELIGCASES 0.250 —
HAI_2_NUMERATOR 0.000 —
HAI_2_SIR — —
HAI_3_CILOWER — —
HAI_3_CIUPPER — —
HAI_3_DOPC — —
HAI_3_ELIGCASES — —
HAI_3_NUMERATOR — —
HAI_3_SIR — —
HAI_4_CILOWER — —
HAI_4_CIUPPER — —
HAI_4_DOPC — —
HAI_4_ELIGCASES — —
HAI_4_NUMERATOR — —
HAI_4_SIR — —
HAI_5_CILOWER — —
HAI_5_CIUPPER — —
HAI_5_DOPC 35542.000 —
HAI_5_ELIGCASES 0.907 —
HAI_5_NUMERATOR 0.000 —
HAI_5_SIR — —
HAI_6_CILOWER 0.008 Better than the National Benchmark
HAI_6_CIUPPER 0.788 Better than the National Benchmark
HAI_6_DOPC 35542.000 Better than the National Benchmark
HAI_6_ELIGCASES 6.261 Better than the National Benchmark
HAI_6_NUMERATOR 1.000 Better than the National Benchmark
HAI_6_SIR 0.160 Better than the National Benchmark

Timely & Effective Care

Process-of-care measures including ED wait times, treatment timeliness, and preventive care.

Measure Score Condition
EDV — Emergency Department
GMCS — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
GMCS_Malnutrition_Diagnosis_Documented — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
GMCS_Malnutrition_Screening — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
GMCS_Nutrition_Assessment — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
GMCS_Nutritional_Care_Plan — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
HH_HYPER — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
HH_HYPO 0.0 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
HH_ORAE — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
IMM_3 98.0 Healthcare Personnel Vaccination
OP_18a — Emergency Department
OP_18b — Emergency Department
OP_18c — Emergency Department
OP_18d — Emergency Department
OP_22 — Emergency Department
OP_23 — Emergency Department
OP_29 — Colonoscopy care
OP_31 — Cataract surgery outcome
OP_40 — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
SAFE_USE_OF_OPIOIDS 18.0 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
SEP_1 — Sepsis Care
SEP_SH_3HR — Sepsis Care
SEP_SH_6HR — Sepsis Care
SEV_SEP_3HR — Sepsis Care
SEV_SEP_6HR — Sepsis Care
STK_02 — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
STK_03 — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
STK_05 — Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
VTE_1 99.0 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure
VTE_2 99.0 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure

Unplanned Hospital Visits

Readmission and ED return rates within 30 days of discharge.

Measure Score vs. National
EDAC_30_AMI — —
EDAC_30_HF — —
EDAC_30_PN — —
Hybrid_HWR 11.90 Better Than the National Rate
OP_32 — —
OP_35_ADM — Number of Cases Too Small
OP_35_ED — Number of Cases Too Small
OP_36 0.70 Better than expected
READM_30_AMI — —
READM_30_CABG — —
READM_30_COPD — —
READM_30_HF — —
READM_30_HIP_KNEE 3.30 Better Than the National Rate
READM_30_PN — —

Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary

MSPB ratio: values > 1.0 mean this hospital's episode spending is higher than the national median hospital.

Value
0.92

Financial Health (Cost Report — FY 2023)

All Data

Every labeled metric surfaced for this hospital, with national medians and percentiles where a benchmark is available.

Download CSV

Show 67 rows
Source Metric Value National Median Pctl. Raw key
Cost Report Cost-to-Charge Ratio 0.25 — metrics.cost_to_charge_ratio
Cost Report Current Ratio 2.58 — metrics.current_ratio
Cost Report Employees per Bed 30.45 — metrics.employees_per_bed
Cost Report fiscal_year 2,023 — fiscal_year
Cost Report Fund Balance ($) $1,153,296,068 — metrics.fund_balance
Cost Report Net Income ($) $162,348,728 — metrics.net_income
Cost Report Net Patient Revenue ($) $1,229,917,804 — metrics.net_patient_revenue
Cost Report Operating Margin (%) -27.5% — metrics.operating_margin
Cost Report Total Assets ($) $3,491,543,435 — metrics.total_assets
Cost Report Total Costs ($) $887,145,940 — metrics.total_costs
Cost Report Total Liabilities ($) $1,705,427,083 — metrics.total_liabilities
Cost Report Total Margin (%) 9.5% — metrics.total_margin
Cost Report Uncompensated Care (%) 1.3% — metrics.uncompensated_care_pct
General Information Address 535 EAST 70TH STREET — Address
General Information City/Town NEW YORK — City/Town
General Information Count of Facility MORT Measures 1 — Count of Facility MORT Measures
General Information Count of Facility Pt Exp Measures 8 — Count of Facility Pt Exp Measures
General Information Count of Facility READM Measures 3 — Count of Facility READM Measures
General Information Count of Facility Safety Measures 5 — Count of Facility Safety Measures
General Information Count of Facility TE Measures 4 — Count of Facility TE Measures
General Information Count of MORT Measures Better 0 — Count of MORT Measures Better
General Information Count of MORT Measures No Different 1 — Count of MORT Measures No Different
General Information Count of MORT Measures Worse 0 — Count of MORT Measures Worse
General Information Count of READM Measures Better 3 — Count of READM Measures Better
General Information Count of READM Measures No Different 0 — Count of READM Measures No Different
General Information Count of READM Measures Worse 0 — Count of READM Measures Worse
General Information Count of Safety Measures Better 1 — Count of Safety Measures Better
General Information Count of Safety Measures No Different 4 — Count of Safety Measures No Different
General Information Count of Safety Measures Worse 0 — Count of Safety Measures Worse
General Information County/Parish NEW YORK — County/Parish
General Information Emergency Services Yes — Emergency Services
General Information Facility ID 330270 — Facility ID
General Information Facility Name HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY — Facility Name
General Information Hospital overall rating 5 — Hospital overall rating
General Information Hospital overall rating footnote — — Hospital overall rating footnote
General Information Hospital Ownership Voluntary non-profit - Private — Hospital Ownership
General Information Hospital Type Acute Care Hospitals — Hospital Type
General Information Meets criteria for birthing friendly designation — — Meets criteria for birthing friendly designation
General Information MORT Group Footnote — — MORT Group Footnote
General Information MORT Group Measure Count 7 — MORT Group Measure Count
General Information Pt Exp Group Footnote — — Pt Exp Group Footnote
General Information Pt Exp Group Measure Count 8 — Pt Exp Group Measure Count
General Information READM Group Footnote — — READM Group Footnote
General Information READM Group Measure Count 11 — READM Group Measure Count
General Information Safety Group Footnote — — Safety Group Footnote
General Information Safety Group Measure Count 8 — Safety Group Measure Count
General Information State NY — State
General Information TE Group Footnote — — TE Group Footnote
General Information TE Group Measure Count 12 — TE Group Measure Count
General Information Telephone Number (212) 606-1000 — Telephone Number
General Information ZIP Code 10021 — ZIP Code
HAC Reduction Program fiscal_year 2,026 — fiscal_year
HAC Reduction Program measures — cauti — sir 1.23 — measures.cauti.sir
HAC Reduction Program measures — cdi — sir 0.23 — measures.cdi.sir
HAC Reduction Program measures — clabsi — sir 0 — measures.clabsi.sir
HAC Reduction Program measures — mrsa — sir 0 — measures.mrsa.sir
HAC Reduction Program payment_reduction No — payment_reduction
HAC Reduction Program total_hac_score -0.65 — total_hac_score
Medicare Spending per Beneficiary End Date 12/31/2024 — End Date
Medicare Spending per Beneficiary Measure ID MSPB-1 — Measure ID
Medicare Spending per Beneficiary Start Date 01/01/2024 — Start Date
Medicare Spending per Beneficiary Value 0.92 — Value
Readmissions (HRRP) Hip/Knee Replacement — Excess readmission ratio 0.67 0.9916 p1 READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP.excess_readmission_ratio
Readmissions (HRRP) Hip/Knee Replacement — Expected readmission rate 4.9% — READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP.expected_readmission_rate
Readmissions (HRRP) Hip/Knee Replacement — Number of discharges 3,253 — READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP.num_discharges
Readmissions (HRRP) Hip/Knee Replacement — Number of readmissions 104 — READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP.num_readmissions
Readmissions (HRRP) Hip/Knee Replacement — Predicted readmission rate 3.3% — READM-30-HIP-KNEE-HRRP.predicted_readmission_rate
Methodology

Full methodology →