Helen Hayes Hospital T C U

Medicare Outcome Measures

• Potentially preventable hospital readmissions

  7.94% (lower is better)

  Better than the National Rate

• Residents discharged back to the community

  72.19% (higher is better)

  Better than the National Rate

• Infections acquired during the stay requiring hospitalization

  4.31% (lower is better)

  No Different than the National Rate

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program. Rates are risk-standardized by CMS; the comparison category is CMS's own, shown exactly as published.

Clinical Quality Measures

• Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

  0.0%

  national median 1.0%

  better than the national median

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

7.2 hours

NY average: 3.6 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

3.3 hours

NY average: 0.7 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

6.2 hours

NY average: 3.2 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Nursing staff turnover in the past year

33.3%

NY average: 40.3% · National: 45.8%

Share of this facility’s nursing staff who stopped working there over 12 months.

Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.

Ownership

Ownership type

Government - State

Chain

State Of New York Comptroller's Office