Valleywise Health Medical Center
Emergency & urgent care
How this emergency department performs on the measures that matter most when you need care fast.
From CMS Timely & Effective Care reporting.
Quality measures
Mortality
Same as National AverageMeasures the rate at which patients die within 30 days of hospital admission for specific conditions. A lower mortality rate indicates better outcomes.
Safety of Care
Better than National AverageTracks hospital-acquired infections, surgical complications, and other patient safety indicators. Lower rates indicate better safety practices.
Readmissions
Same as National AverageMeasures how often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower readmission rates suggest effective treatment and discharge planning.
Patient Experience
Same as National AverageBased on the HCAHPS survey — patient satisfaction with communication, cleanliness, pain management, and discharge information.
Patient survey detail — the questions feeding the Patient Experience domain above expand ↓
CMS computes the Patient Experience domain from the federal HCAHPS survey. Each bar below is one survey question; the percentage is the share of Valleywise's recent patients who gave the most positive response. HCAHPS percentages aren't directly comparable across all measures — see the methodology page for how CMS weights them.
- Communication with Nurses 75%
- Communication with Doctors 76%
- Hospital Cleanliness 62%
- Hospital Quietness 62%
- Staff Responsiveness N/A
- Discharge Information 81%
- Overall Hospital Rating (9 or 10) 74%
- Would Recommend Hospital 72%
Percentages represent patients who gave the most positive response. Survey conducted by CMS through the HCAHPS program.
Timely & Effective Care
Better than National AverageMeasures how quickly the hospital provides important treatments such as antibiotics for pneumonia or interventions for heart attacks.
Psychiatric Unit Quality (IPFQR)
Valleywise Health Medical Center operates a Medicare-certified inpatient psychiatric unit that reports under the federal IPFQR program. The measures are specific to that unit — not the hospital as a whole. They cover restraint and seclusion use, screening for medication side effects, substance-use and tobacco treatment, transitions of care, follow-up after discharge, and readmissions.
Show the psychiatric unit's 12 reported measures expand ↓
HBIPS-2 — hours of physical restraint use per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; restraints carry physical and psychological risks.
HBIPS-3 — hours of seclusion per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; seclusion is used only when no other intervention works.
SMD — % of patients on antipsychotics screened for metabolic side effects (BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol). Antipsychotics raise metabolic-syndrome risk; screening catches it early.
SUB-2 — % of patients with alcohol/drug use referred for treatment during admission.
SUB-3 — % of patients with substance-use disorder offered or referred to treatment at discharge.
TOB-3 — % of patients using tobacco who received counseling and/or medication at discharge.
TR-1 — % of discharges with a completed transition record including medications, follow-up plan, and crisis instructions.
FAPH-7 — % of patients with a follow-up outpatient mental-health visit within 7 days of discharge. Predicts lower readmission risk.
FAPH-30 — % of patients with a follow-up outpatient mental-health visit within 30 days of discharge.
MedCont — % of discharged patients with continued antipsychotic / antidepressant medication post-discharge.
READM-30-IPF — risk-standardized 30-day readmission rate. Better Than the National Rate
IMM-2 — % of patients given a flu vaccine during the inpatient stay.
Source: CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program. Reporting period ending 12/31/2024.
Clinical Staff
Valleywise Health Medical Center has 412 CMS-affiliated clinicians on its roster — physicians, advanced practice providers, and other Medicare-enrolled professionals who list this hospital as an affiliated facility.
Top specialties
- Internal Medicine 48
- Nurse Practitioner 41
- Emergency Medicine 41
- Physician Assistant 36
- Family Practice 35
- Anesthesiology 28
- Diagnostic Radiology 25
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna) 24
Self-reported primary specialty in the CMS Doctors & Clinicians dataset. Many clinicians serve multiple facilities.
Practice characteristics
- Accept Medicare assignment
- 412 (100%)
- Offer telehealth
- 32 (8%)
Bill Medicare directly at the approved rate — patients only owe co-insurance/deductible.
Indicated by the clinician in their CMS profile as routinely providing virtual visits.
Medicare quality scoring (MIPS)
174 of these clinicians have a published Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score. Of those, 154 (89%) score above the national median of 85.5.
MIPS scoring is heavily compressed at the top of the 0–100 range, so individual scores are not a reliable consumer signal. We surface roster-level coverage and the share above the national median instead.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians (Care Compare) national downloadable file and MIPS Performance Year final scores, as of 2026-07-18. Affiliations from the CMS Facility Affiliations dataset. About 16% of small facilities (critical access, rural emergency, freestanding psych, IRF/LTCH) do not appear in the affiliations file and therefore have no panel.
Find a Doctor
Search the 412 clinicians affiliated with Valleywise Health Medical Center. Each name links to that clinician's official Medicare Care Compare profile, where you can see their credentials, secondary specialties, group affiliations, and (when applicable) MIPS quality scores.
- Internal Medicine✓ Medicare
- Anesthesiology✓ Medicare
- Shaghayegh H. Abdollahi, MD Open PaymentsInternal Medicine✓ Medicare
- Rania Abdul Rahman, MD Open PaymentsPulmonary Disease✓ Medicare
- Nephrology✓ Medicare
- Obstetrics/gynecology✓ Medicare
- Elahhe R. Afkhamnejad, MD Open PaymentsOphthalmology✓ Medicare
- Garima Agarwal, MD Open PaymentsOtolaryngology✓ Medicare
- Interventional Cardiology✓ Medicare
- Diagnostic Radiology✓ Medicare
- Critical Care (intensivists)✓ Medicare
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (crna)✓ Medicare
- Psychiatry✓ Medicare
- Nyima Ali, MD Open PaymentsObstetrics/gynecology✓ Medicare
- Family Practice✓ Medicare
- Jared M. Allred, CNA Open PaymentsCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (crna)✓ Medicare
- Clinical Psychologist✓ Medicare
- Family Practice✓ Medicare
- Surabhi Amar, MD Open PaymentsHematology/oncology✓ Medicare
- Neelesh K. Anand, MD Open PaymentsAnesthesiology✓ Medicare
- Anesthesiology✓ Medicare
- Sarah B. Arabit, NP Open PaymentsNurse Practitioner✓ Medicare
- Meily R. Arevalo, MD Open PaymentsInternal Medicine✓ Medicare
- Brian Arnett, CNA Open PaymentsCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (crna)✓ Medicare
- Waqas Arslan, MD Open PaymentsHematology/oncology✓ Medicare
- Jesus R. Arvizo, NP Open PaymentsNurse Practitioner✓ Medicare
- Fadi Assaf, MD Open PaymentsFamily Practice📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
- Orthopedic Surgery✓ Medicare
- Faez A. Ayoob, MD Open PaymentsVascular Surgery✓ Medicare
- Diagnostic Radiology✓ Medicare
No clinicians match that search. Try a broader term like "internal medicine" or just a last name.
Roster from CMS Doctors and Clinicians (Care Compare), updated 2026-07-18. A clinician may also practice at other facilities; "affiliated" means this hospital is on their CMS profile, not that they exclusively work here. Procedure volumes are Medicare fee-for-service counts from the CMS clinician utilization file (all practice locations, not just this hospital). Industry payment totals are from CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, and include meals, travel, consulting, and speaking fees; payments are legal and common — we show them for transparency, not as a quality judgment.
Pricing & Costs
This hospital participates in price transparency under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. View 771 published procedures — gross charges, cash prices, and per-payer negotiated rates where available.
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- Licensed beds
- 758
- Facility type
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership
- Government - Local
- Emergency services
- No
Ownership & Finances
- Ownership
- Government (Hospital district)
- Charity care spend (FY2023)
- $99.6M
- List prices vs. actual cost
- ≈ 4× actual cost
From the hospital's FY2023 Medicare cost report (HCRIS).
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How Valleywise Health Medical Center compares nearby
Compared with the 8 other acute-care hospitals within 25 miles — 9 facilities in all, CMS data only.
Among the 9 acute-care hospitals within 25 miles, Valleywise Health Medical Center's overall star rating is 1★; the median among the 4 peers reporting it is 3★.
Valleywise Health Medical Center is the only one of the 9 acute-care hospitals within 25 miles rated better than the national average for safety of care.
| Measure | This facility | Nearby median | Best nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall star rating reported by 4 of 8 nearby peers | 1★ | 3★ | 4★ |
| Patient experience (HCAHPS) star reported by 8 of 8 nearby peers | 3★ | 3★ | 4★ |
| Mortality reported by 8 of 8 nearby peers | Same as National Average | Same as National Average | Same as National Average |
| Safety of Care reported by 8 of 8 nearby peers | Better than National Average | Same as National Average | Same as National Average |
| Readmissions reported by 6 of 8 nearby peers | Same as National Average | Same as National Average | Same as National Average |
The comparison group
- Dignity Health Arizona Specialty Hospital
- Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
- HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center
- Phoenix Indian Medical Center (PIMC)
- HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center
- Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
- Abrazo Central Campus
- The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital
Cohort: within 25 miles · CMS data period 2026-06 · method cohort-v1 · comparisons are never affected by claiming or payment. How nearby comparisons work
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About this data
Quality and ratings data are sourced from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare program. Star ratings are CMS's own calculation; CareRanks does not modify or re-weight them. Facility-level details (address, beds, ownership, teaching status) come from CMS provider files and the CMS Provider of Services file.
Pricing data, where shown, is drawn from the hospital's own Machine-Readable File (MRF) published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. See our methodology for the full update cadence and limitations.