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Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center

975 Sereno Dr, Vallejo, CA 94589

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Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 11 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none.

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CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 74% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 1,137 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 11 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,137 completed surveys, 21% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
74%
CA 69% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
73%
CA 68% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
77%
CA 76% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
80%
CA 76% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
60%
CA 59% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
88%
CA 85% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
71%
CA 72% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
55%
CA 48% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital California average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital CA US
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 170 patients 73% 70% 65%

How Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab CenterThis hospital2/574%—1 better
Sutter Solano Medical CenterSame city3/561%2 h 16 min1 better 1 worse
60th Medical Group (Travis AFB)Same county · Travis AFBNot rated83%2 h 19 min—
Northbay Medical CenterSame county · Fairfield2/567%2 h 56 min1 better 3 worse
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - VacavilleSame county · Vacaville4/574%—No different
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleySame ZIP area · Pleasanton5/574%3 h 19 min6 better

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Vallejo.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 1,910 cases Too few cases 4.5% 3.9%
Heart attack 29 cases Too few cases 12.6% 11.9%
Pneumonia 35 cases Too few cases 17.6% 15.2%
Stroke 138 cases Too few cases 14.1% 11.9%

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

9 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.97 likely 0.51 – 1.43 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 842 cases No different 0.41 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.49 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 941 cases No different 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 954 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 163 cases No different 2.22 per 1,000 likely 0.53 per 1,000 – 3.92 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 26 cases No different 8.91 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 18.84 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 167 cases No different 4.2 per 1,000 likely 1.65 per 1,000 – 6.74 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 39 cases No different 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.28 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 176 cases No different 1 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.07 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

1 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.87 likely 0.28 – 2.1 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.4 likely 0.07 – 1.32 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 2.05 likely 0.9 – 4.05 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.4 likely 0.02 – 1.98 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.41 likely 0.22 – 0.69 1

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 203 cases Too few cases 13.3% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 335 cases Too few cases 22.4% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 355 cases Too few cases 18.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 133 cases Too few cases 19.2% 20%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 31 cases Too few cases 64.7 days per 100 —

9 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

872 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 49 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Physical Therapist 95
Pharmacist 86
Internal Medicine 52
Emergency Medicine 43
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 33
Family Medicine 32
Hospitalist 30
Pediatrics 29
Respiratory Therapist, Registered 26
Anesthesiology 24
Speech-Language Pathologist 24
Obstetrics & Gynecology 21

First 12 alphabetically

Money from drug and device companies

Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.

2025 total $169,611 general $0 · research $169,611
All years, 2019–2025 $447,976 131 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 4 2 companies paid in total
  • 2019 $62,915
  • 2020 $75,264
  • 2021 $98,040
  • 2022 $5,375
  • 2023 $19,931
  • 2024 $16,841
  • 2025 $169,611

General payments Research payments

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $157,026 3
Genentech, Inc. $12,585 6

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

Study Amount
A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label, Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Adjuvant MK-2870 in Combination with Pembrolizumab MK-3475 Versus Trea… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $102,752
A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label Study of MK-5684 Versus Alternative Abiraterone Acetate or Enzalutamide in Participants with Metastatic Castration-… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35,751
A Randomized, Open-label, Phase 3 Study of MK-2870 vs. Platinum Doublets in Participants with EGFR-mutated, Advanced Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18,523
Single agent GDC 9545 vs endocrine monotherapy adjuvant treatment in HR eBC Genentech, Inc. $12,585

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center

Is Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center a good hospital?

Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 11 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center?

74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,137 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center have an emergency room?

No. CMS does not list emergency services at Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center.

Does Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $169,611 in payments to Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.