Va Hudson Valley Healthcare System

Va Hudson Valley Healthcare System sits at the top of the CMS Hospital Compare ranking with 5 stars — a designation that signals consistently strong performance across the federal quality measure set. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.

Cost-wise, Va Hudson Valley Healthcare System is mid-pack: $17,635 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. The combined value score — quality versus cost — works out to 74/100, an above-average showing.

Va Hudson Valley Healthcare System's ownership category — Veterans Health Administration — falls outside the three dominant categories (non-profit, for-profit, government). The CMS Hospital Compare program treats all ownership types under the same measure rubric. The CMS payment record for Va Hudson Valley Healthcare System lists 9 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC, Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC, Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC. Emergency services are not offered, which is unusual for an acute-care facility — most often reflects a specialty hospital or non-traditional inpatient model.