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Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Massachusetts

Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Massachusetts is a Medicare-certified long-term acute care hospital in New Bedford, MA, certified since 1993.

Address4499 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02745
OwnershipFor-profit
Beds90
Medicare certifiedJanuary 1993
CountyBristol
CMS Certification Number222043

Long-term acute care quality

CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025

Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Massachusetts reports long-term acute care quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 30% here, against 15% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on returned home or to the community.

Results

Returned home or to the community Medicare patients who went home (or to another community setting) and stayed out of hospitals and nursing homes for at least 31 days. Risk-standardized; CMS compares it with the national rate. Based on 185 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
30% U.S. 15% Better than national
Preventable readmissions after discharge Medicare patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of leaving, for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 154 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
19% U.S. 22% Same as national
Weaned off the ventilator Patients admitted on a ventilator who were successfully weaned off it during their stay (risk-adjusted). Based on 31 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
68% U.S. 55%
Breathing-trial readiness checked early Ventilator patients assessed for a breathing trial without the ventilator within their first 2 days. Based on 31 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 96%
Breathing trial given early Ventilator patients who appropriately received a breathing trial within their first 2 days. Based on 23 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 97%
Mobility gained (ventilator patients) Average improvement in the ability to move around for patients admitted on a ventilator (risk-adjusted score points). Based on 31 patients. Jan 2024 – Dec 2025.
8.0 U.S. 6.3
Met their expected function at discharge Patients who were at or above the expected ability to care for themselves and move around when they left. Based on 313 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
75% U.S. 48%

Safety

Falls with major injury Patients who had one or more falls with a major injury during their stay. Based on 478 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
0.2% U.S. 0.1%
New or worsened pressure ulcers Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that were new or got worse during the stay (risk-adjusted). Based on 463 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
3.0% U.S. 2.3%
Catheter urinary tract infections Standardized infection ratio: actual infections divided by the number predicted. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.57 U.S. 0.70 Same as national
Central line bloodstream infections Standardized infection ratio for central line-associated bloodstream infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.00 U.S. 0.67
C. diff infections Standardized infection ratio for Clostridioides difficile infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.00 U.S. 0.24
Medications reviewed Patients whose medicines were reviewed, with follow-up when a problem was found. Based on 478 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
99% U.S. 96%
Medication list sent to next provider Patients whose current medication list went to their next care provider. Based on 241 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 83%
Medication list given to patient Patients (or their family or caregiver) given a current medication list at discharge. Based on 228 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 89%
Staff flu vaccination Health care staff who got a flu shot for the season. Based on 260 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.
71% U.S. 69%
Staff up to date on COVID-19 vaccines Health care staff who were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines. Based on 137 patients. Oct 2025 – Dec 2025.
20% U.S. 4.6%
Patients up to date on COVID-19 vaccines Patients who were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines at discharge. Based on 476 patients. Oct 2025 – Dec 2025.
21% U.S. 12%

Cost

Medicare spending per patient Medicare spending for a long-term acute care stay and the 30 days after, compared with the national median facility (1.00). Below 1 means less spending. Based on 193 patients. Oct 2022 – Sep 2024.
0.73 U.S. 1.00

Source: CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.

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