CMS certification 110036
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. 64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 5. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 42 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: 643 completed surveys, 16% 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 very 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 · 466 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 42 min | 2 h 42 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 130,977 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 100 patients | 72% | 63% | 65% |
How Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterThis hospital | 1/5 | 64% | 2 h 42 min | 4 better 5 worse |
| Candler HospitalSame city | 2/5 | 69% | 3 h 16 min | 2 better 3 worse |
| St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSame city | 2/5 | 75% | 3 h 23 min | 1 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 Savannah.
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 5,468 cases | Too few cases | 6.4% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 178 cases | Too few cases | 12.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 409 cases | Too few cases | 13.7% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 471 cases | Too few cases | 16.9% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 793 cases | Too few cases | 16.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 63 cases | Too few cases | 11% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 71 cases | Too few cases | 4.3% | 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 | No different | 0.93 likely 0.67 – 1.2 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 55 cases | Too few cases | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 202 cases | No different | 166.28 per 1,000 likely 126.27 per 1,000 – 206.28 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,544 cases | Better | 0.09 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.59 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 9,595 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.35 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 9,707 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.38 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,742 cases | No different | 1.57 per 1,000 likely 0.32 per 1,000 – 2.83 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,130 cases | No different | 1.34 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.89 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,090 cases | No different | 14.33 per 1,000 likely 8.56 per 1,000 – 20.1 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,808 cases | No different | 3.2 per 1,000 likely 1.49 per 1,000 – 4.91 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,091 cases | No different | 6.3 per 1,000 likely 3 per 1,000 – 9.59 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 619 cases | No different | 1.43 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 2.81 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,765 cases | No different | 0.64 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.5 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) | Better | 0.32 likely 0.18 – 0.55 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.37 likely 0.21 – 0.6 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.16 likely 0.03 – 0.53 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 2.18 likely 0.69 – 5.26 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.32 likely 0.13 – 0.67 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.1 likely 0.05 – 0.18 | 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 349 cases | Too few cases | 14.8% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 865 cases | Too few cases | 22.2% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 855 cases | Too few cases | 19.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 192 cases | Too few cases | 18.9% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 72 cases | Too few cases | 12.9% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 56 cases | Too few cases | 6.7% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 217 cases | Too few cases | 68.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 496 cases | Too few cases | 3.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 504 cases | Too few cases | 17.7 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 368 cases | No different | 12.6 per 1,000 likely 9.5 per 1,000 – 17.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 400 cases | No different | 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.5 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
416 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 138 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiologist Assistant | 48 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 36 |
| Emergency Medicine | 28 |
| Pediatrics | 26 |
| Physician Assistant | 26 |
| Internal Medicine | 20 |
| Family | 16 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 16 |
| Pharmacist | 16 |
| Anesthesiology | 15 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 15 |
| Surgery | 10 |
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 $51,669
- 2020 $241,185
- 2021 $1M
- 2022 $277,513
- 2023 $359,301
- 2024 $633,845
- 2025 $288,925
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $6,667 | 3 |
| Grants | $5,000 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $2,649 | 4 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $1,033 | 2 |
| Food and beverage | $549 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $170,752 | 11 |
| Abbvie INC. | $50,012 | 4 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $20,132 | 11 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $15,451 | 1 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $11,477 | 3 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | $5,203 | 7 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $2,500 | 1 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | $2,500 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Safety and Effectiveness Evaluation of the THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH(TM) SF Catheter with the TRUPULSE(TM) Generator for treatment of the Paroxysmal Atri… Biosense Webster, Inc. | $94,646 |
| Assessment of Safety and Effectiveness in Treatment Management of Atrial Fibrillation with the BWI PFA Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System with OMNYPU… Biosense Webster, Inc. | $76,106 |
| ALLEVIATE-HF Medtronic, Inc. | $20,132 |
| A Study to Assess Adverse Events and How Intravenously (IV) Infused Telisotuzumab Vedotin (ABBV-399) Moves Through the Body as a Monotherapy in Adult… ABBVIE INC. · NCT06568939 | $17,786 |
| M18-868 - A Study to Assess Disease Activity and Adverse Events of Intravenous (IV) Telisotuzumab Vedotin Compared to IV Docetaxel in Adult Participa… ABBVIE INC. | $16,500 |
| A Study to Assess Disease Activity and Adverse Events of Intravenous (IV) Telisotuzumab Vedotin Compared to IV Docetaxel in Adult Participants With P… ABBVIE INC. · NCT04928846 | $15,726 |
| A Phase 2, randomized, open-label three-arm clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lenvatinib E7080,MK-7902 in combination with pembro… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $15,451 |
| A Prospective multi center single arm study to obtain real world clinical data and characterize the acute and long term performance of the Micrusfram… Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | $8,700 |
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 Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
Is Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center a good hospital?
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 5. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center?
64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 643 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 42 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $288,925 in payments to Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical 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.