Walter Reed National Military Med Cen Review

A Review of the Data

Prepared by Richard Saunders as of January 31, 2024.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") distributes more than 80 tables of data on hospitals on a quarterly basis. That is a lot of information to pour through to try and build a comprehensive review of Walter Reed National Military Med Cen. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the hospital does, who is affiliated with it, share any patient survey data and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: General Hospital Data, Ratings, Cost Analysis, Infections, Comparison, Nearby Skilled Nursing Facilities, Doctors Associated with Walter Reed National Military Med Cen, Survey Analysis.)

In the briefest summary, Walter Reed National Military Med Cen is one of the types of hospitals called Acute Care - Department of Defense. It is in Bethesda, MD. IT HAS NOT BEEN RATED BY CMS . Its type of ownership is Department of Defense. The facility's Medicare ID is 21007. It does provide emergency services. There are 0 medical professionals and 0 doctor groups affiliated with the hospital. We do not have data on average costs for care provided at Walter Reed National Military Med Cen.

The information presented below is based on data provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is updated as new data is made available.

General Information for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

Overall Rating: Not Available

The Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen summarizes a variety of measures across 5 areas of quality into a single star rating for each hospital. Once reporting thresholds are met, a hospital’s Overall Star Rating is calculated using only those measures for which data are available. Hospitals report data to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") through the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. Overall Star Ratings aren’t calculated for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or Department of Defense (DoD) hospitals.

Most hospitals will have an Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3.

National distribution of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating The following table shows the national distribution of the Overall Star Rating based on July 2022 results.

Additional detailed on the method for calculating the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating from this document.

Patient Survey Results

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen to the national results for similar facilities.

Cost of Walter Reed National Military Med Cen, Compare to National and State Averages

Understanding how much a hospital is going to cost is extremely difficult. Hospitals themselves actively obscure what they charge and have negotiated different rates with different insurers. Then you have the problem of the wide variety of treatments which the Walter Reed National Military Med Cen provides.

To provide some standard metric to compare hospital costs, CMS publishes the MSPB (or "Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary"). Even though you may not be on Medicare, this metric may still be useful. The MSPB is expressed as a percentage compared to the national average for costs that Medicare incurs. A percentage higher than 100% means the hospital charges more than the national average while a percentage less than 100% means the hospital charges less than the national average.

MSPB for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen: Not Available

We do not have detailed cost analysis for Walter Reed National Military Med Cen.

Infection Rates at Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

These measures show how often patients at Walter Reed National Military Med Cen contract certain infections during the course of their medical treatment, when compared to other hospitals nationally.

How Walter Reed National Military Med Cen Compares to Other Similar Facilities

This is how Walter Reed National Military Med Cen compares to other similar hospitals nationally based on data provided to CMS.

Top Hospitals in Bethesda, MD

Worst Hospitals in Bethesda, MD

Percentages of Complications and Deaths at Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

Skilled Nursing Facilities Near Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

Many hospital patients are not ready to return home after a hospital visit. If recovery is going to be protracted, doctors will often advise that the patients recuperate at a skilled nursing facility. Below is a list of the skilled nursing homes near Walter Reed National Military Med Cen ranked by their CMS 5-Star Overall Rating.

Medical Groups Affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

There are 0 doctors and 0 medical groups that are affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Med Cen.