Bath VA Medical Center, Bath, NY

Infections, complications and deaths

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide

Other complications

None of the other safety indicators CMS compares was statistically better or worse than national.

All 3 complication measures

Measure	This hospital	U.S.	CMS comparison
Pressure ulcers (bed sores)per 1,000 patients	0.6	0.63	Same as national
Falls in the hospital that caused a broken boneper 1,000 patients	0.27	0.27	Same as national
Collapsed lung caused by a medical procedureper 1,000 patients	0.21	0.21	Same as national

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.

Readmissions and return visits

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients

Return trips after a stay or procedure

Readmission rates count Medicare patients who were admitted to any acute-care hospital within 30 days of leaving this one, adjusted for how sick they were. "Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national rate statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Return-day and outpatient-surgery measures compare the hospital with what CMS expected for its own patients. The Readmissions Reduction Program ratios are shown as CMS publishes them; whether a hospital's payments are reduced depends on how its ratios compare with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone doesn't mean a penalty. About the data.

Timely and effective care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

Bath VA Medical Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.

CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.

The area around Bath VA Medical Center

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Steuben are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 13.

Mental health: Parts of Steuben are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 17.

Dental: Parts of Steuben are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in New York earn a median $109,440 a year. Healthcare salaries in New York.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. New York shortage areas