Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Cancer Institute had the lowest rate of 30-day unplanned readmissions for cancer patients of all prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19.
Roswell Park was the only cancer hospital to report a 30-day unplanned readmission rate that was significantly lower than the national rate of 20.2.
Eleven cancer hospitals are required to participate in the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program, a specialized quality reporting program established in 2010 by the ACA.
Here are the 30-day readmission rates of all PPS-exempt cancer hospitals:
| Facility | Rate | Total Cases |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, N.Y.) | 12.6 | 741 |
| University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center | 18.0 | 958 |
| City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.) | 20.1 | 1,964 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) | 20.2 | 6,412 |
| Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia) | 20.3 | 757 |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases (New York City) | 20.4 | 4,593 |
| James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute (Columbus, Ohio) | 20.8 | 2,132 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) | 21.3 | 335 |
| USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (Los Angeles) | 21.5 | 243 |
| H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.) | 21.9 | 2,144 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute (Seattle) | 25.0 | 92 |
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