CMS certification 110010
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
Emory University Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 76% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 5 h 16 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 556 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
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. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | GA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 371 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 5 h 16 min | 2 h 42 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 13 visits sampled | 4 h 19 min | 5 h 8 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 47,926 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 102 patients | 32% | 63% | 65% |
How Emory University Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 76% | 5 h 16 min | 5 better 3 worse |
| Piedmont Hospital, INCSame city | 4/5 | 73% | 4 h 14 min | 7 better |
| Emory University Hospital MidtownSame city | 2/5 | 69% | 4 h 49 min | 3 better 3 worse |
| Grady Memorial HospitalSame city | 2/5 | 69% | 5 h 57 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Northside HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 75% | 3 h 48 min | 1 better 6 worse |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, INCSame city | 3/5 | 75% | 4 h 23 min | 4 better 3 worse |
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 Atlanta.
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 4,498 cases | Too few cases | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 62 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 369 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 331 cases | Too few cases | 13.4% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 526 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 67 cases | Too few cases | 7.3% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 62 cases | Too few cases | 2.2% | 2.4% |
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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | Worse | 1.42 likely 1.2 – 1.63 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 94 cases | Too few cases | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 222 cases | No different | 160.16 per 1,000 likely 123.83 per 1,000 – 196.49 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 8,918 cases | No different | 0.83 per 1,000 likely 0.4 per 1,000 – 1.26 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 9,728 cases | No different | 0.38 per 1,000 likely 0.2 per 1,000 – 0.56 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 10,603 cases | No different | 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0.13 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,977 cases | Worse | 3.85 per 1,000 likely 2.74 per 1,000 – 4.96 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,664 cases | No different | 2.33 per 1,000 likely 1.09 per 1,000 – 3.57 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,654 cases | No different | 13.06 per 1,000 likely 9 per 1,000 – 17.13 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,224 cases | Worse | 5.89 per 1,000 likely 4.29 per 1,000 – 7.5 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,705 cases | No different | 7.04 per 1,000 likely 4.51 per 1,000 – 9.57 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,260 cases | No different | 1.54 per 1,000 likely 0.23 per 1,000 – 2.85 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,905 cases | No different | 1.56 per 1,000 likely 0.79 per 1,000 – 2.33 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 1.11 likely 0.86 – 1.42 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.57 likely 0.4 – 0.8 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.58 likely 0.23 – 1.2 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.73 likely 0.04 – 3.58 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.95 likely 0.6 – 1.42 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.38 likely 0.28 – 0.5 | 1 |
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 182 cases | Too few cases | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 911 cases | Too few cases | 20.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 574 cases | Too few cases | 16.9% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 107 cases | Too few cases | 20.6% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 93 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 89 cases | Too few cases | 5.4% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 95 cases | Too few cases | 25.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 463 cases | Too few cases | -2.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 359 cases | Too few cases | 17.9 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 94 cases | No different | 12.6 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 17.2 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 118 cases | No different | 10.4 per 100 likely 7.6 per 100 – 14.3 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 118 cases | No different | 5.1 per 100 likely 3.4 per 100 – 7.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 917 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.1 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
1,165 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 462 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 102 |
| Anesthesiologist Assistant | 97 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 81 |
| Emergency Medicine | 66 |
| Physician Assistant | 57 |
| Acute Care | 51 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 51 |
| Hospitalist | 50 |
| Internal Medicine | 41 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 32 |
| Physical Therapist | 31 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 26 |
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.
- 2019 $45.9M
- 2020 $53.4M
- 2021 $47.6M
- 2022 $51.9M
- 2023 $55.3M
- 2024 $50.5M
- 2025 $58.5M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $3.8M | 91 |
| Royalties and licensing fees | $1.9M | 18 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $457,969 | 94 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $423,140 | 22 |
| Education | $397,923 | 62 |
| Charitable contributions | $63,461 | 9 |
| Consulting fees | $59,350 | 11 |
| Gifts | $19,700 | 5 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $17,816 | 30 |
| Debt forgiveness | $9,478 | 10 |
| Food and beverage | $509 | 5 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer INC. | $7.8M | 229 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $4.9M | 54 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $2.9M | 84 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $2.6M | 125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $2.6M | 157 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $2.4M | 25 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $2.4M | 38 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $2M | 38 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF MODERATE TO SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN HOSPITALIZED ADULTS AFTER THE COVID19 PANDEMIC MAY 11 20… PFIZER INC. | $2.1M |
| ETERNAL COV2 RESEARCH AGREEMENT PFIZER INC. | $1.8M |
| Beamion LUNG-1: An open label, Phase I dose escalation trial, with dose confirmation and expansion, of zongertinib (BI 1810631) as monotherapy in pat… Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG | $1.4M |
| Phase II Single-Arm Study of Enfortumab Vedotin (EV) plus Pembrolizumab in the Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Bladder Cancer of Variant … Astellas US Technologies | $1.2M |
| ENDOLOW Endovascular Therapy for Low NIHSS Ischemic Strokes Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $1.1M |
| A Multicenter, Open-Label Phase 2 Trial of Acalabrutinib plus Obinutuzumab in Patients with Untreated, Low Tumor Burden Follicular Lymphoma and Other… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $953,593 |
| A phase 2 study of docetaxel, ramucirumab, and pembrolizumab for patients with metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer who progressed on p… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $887,396 |
| CSF AD Markers in Health and Disease Roche Diagnostics Corporation | $835,156 |
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 Emory University Hospital
Is Emory University Hospital a good hospital?
Emory University Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Emory University Hospital?
76% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 556 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Emory University Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 5 h 16 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Emory University Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $58.5M in payments to Emory University Hospital 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.