Healthgrades has recognized 100 hospitals in its Spine Surgery Excellence Award for 2022, which honors facilities that provide superior patient outcomes in back and neck surgeries and spinal fusion.
The award, published Oct. 19, analyzes hospital performance based on patient outcomes. Methodologies adjust for each patient's risk factors, including age, gender and medical condition. To measure performance, Healthgrades used Medicare inpatient data for years 2018 through 2020 from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file purchased from CMS. Read more on Healthgrades' methodology here.
Here are the 100 recipients of the 2022 Spine Surgery Excellence Awards:
Alabama
Princeton Baptist Medical Center (Birmingham)
Arizona
Northwest Medical Center (Tucson)
Arkansas
Arkansas Surgical Hospital (North Little Rock)
California
Casa Colina Hospital (Pomona)
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
Palomar Medical Center Escondido
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles)
Saint Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (Sacramento)
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Colorado
Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland)
Parkview Medical Center (Pueblo)
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services (Colorado Springs)
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (Denver)
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree)
Connecticut
The Hospital of Central Connecticut New Britain General Campus
Delaware
ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital (Newark)
Florida
Adventhealth Ocala
Adventhealth Orlando
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside Hospital (Jacksonville)
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside Hospital (Jacksonville)
Brandon Regional Hospital
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Fawcett Memorial Hospital (Port Charlotte)
Flagler Hospital (Saint Augustine)
Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)
Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami)
JFK Medical Center (Atlantis)
North Florida Regional Medical Center (Gainesville)
Ocala Regional Medical Center
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point (Hudson)
St. Lucie Medical Center (Port Saint Lucie)
Georgia
Doctors Hospital (Augusta)
Memorial Health University Medical Center (Savannah)
St. Joseph's Hospital (Savannah)
University Hospital (Augusta)
Idaho
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (Idaho Falls)
Illinois
HSHS St. John's Hospital (Springfield)
Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton (Rockford)
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center (Rockford)
Indiana
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital-Indianapolis
Iowa
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center (Mason City)
Kansas
Kansas Spine and Specialty Hospital (Wichita)
Olathe Medical Center
Providence Medical Center (Kansas City)
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Maryland
Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis)
Frederick Health
Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore)
The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
UPMC Western Maryland (Cumberland)
Michigan
University Hospital-Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
Missouri
Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence)
Cox Medical Center South (Springfield)
St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield)
Nevada
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New Jersey
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
New York
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Kenmore Mercy Hospital
Saint Joseph's Hospital Health Center (Syracuse)
Saint Peter's Hospital (Albany)
North Carolina
Mission Hospital (Asheville)
New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington)
Ohio
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron)
Mercy Health-Lorain Hospital
Oklahoma
Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital
Oregon
Mckenzie-Willamette Medical Center (Springfield)
Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend (Springfield)
St. Charles Bend
Pennsylvania
Heritage Valley Sewickley
UPMC Harrisburg
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Grand Strand Medical Center (Myrtle Beach)
St. Francis Downtown (Greenville)
Tennessee
Parkridge Medical Center (Chattanooga)
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery (Nashville)
Tristar Centennial Medical Center (Nashville)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville)
Texas
Medical City Children's Hospital (Dallas)
Medical City Fort Worth
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Valley Baptist Medical Center Harlingen
Utah
Intermountain Medical Center (Murray)
St. George Regional Hospital River Road
St. Mark's Hospital (Salt Lake City)
Utah Valley Hospital (Provo)
Virginia
Lewisgale Medical Center (Salem)
Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News)
Washington
EvergreenHealth Medical Center Kirkland
Wisconsin
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth (Appleton)