CMS certification 310002
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ 07112
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 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 3 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 56 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: 548 completed surveys, 7% 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 | NJ | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 406 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 56 min | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 20 visits sampled | 4 h 6 min | 4 h 52 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 99,308 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 176 patients | 85% | 73% | 65% |
How Newark Beth Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterThis hospital | 2/5 | 64% | 2 h 56 min | 3 better 3 worse |
| The University HospitalSame city | 1/5 | 56% | 5 h 7 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Saint Michael's Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 71% | 2 h 49 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Clara Maass Medical CenterSame county · Belleville | 3/5 | 64% | 2 h 22 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalSame county · Montclair | 4/5 | 62% | 3 h 49 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterSame county · Livingston | 3/5 | 71% | 2 h 9 min | 3 better 5 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 Newark.
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 1,914 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 53 cases | Too few cases | 12.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 139 cases | Too few cases | 11% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 121 cases | Too few cases | 14.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 134 cases | Too few cases | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 31 cases | Too few cases | 8% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 27 cases | Too few cases | 2.6% | 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 | 0.96 likely 0.62 – 1.31 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 39 cases | No different | 196.75 per 1,000 likely 143.81 per 1,000 – 249.69 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,707 cases | No different | 0.16 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.84 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,912 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.38 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,197 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 644 cases | No different | 1.86 per 1,000 likely 0.31 per 1,000 – 3.41 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 168 cases | No different | 1.47 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.09 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 178 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 4.85 per 1,000 – 20.55 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 654 cases | No different | 5.17 per 1,000 likely 2.83 per 1,000 – 7.51 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 176 cases | No different | 4.55 per 1,000 likely 0.5 per 1,000 – 8.6 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 90 cases | No different | 1.71 per 1,000 likely 0.2 per 1,000 – 3.22 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 555 cases | No different | 0.92 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.94 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
1 more measure 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | Better | 0.28 likely 0.1 – 0.62 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.36 likely 0.09 – 0.99 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.88 likely 0.15 – 2.92 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 2.21 likely 0.56 – 6.02 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.79 likely 0.34 – 1.56 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.09 likely 0.03 – 0.2 | 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 176 cases | Too few cases | 14.8% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 581 cases | Too few cases | 22% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 296 cases | Too few cases | 17.1% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 123 cases | Too few cases | 20% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 42 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 65 cases | Too few cases | 93.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 167 cases | Too few cases | 60.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 115 cases | Too few cases | 33.9 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 140 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 17.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 42 cases | No different | 11 per 100 likely 7.6 per 100 – 15.5 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 42 cases | No different | 6.4 per 100 likely 4.1 per 100 – 9.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 107 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.4 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
552 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 224 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 65 |
| Physician Assistant | 40 |
| Pediatrics | 35 |
| Internal Medicine | 34 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 24 |
| Acute Care | 21 |
| Anesthesiology | 19 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 19 |
| Family | 19 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 16 |
| Adult Health | 15 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 15 |
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 $782,699
- 2020 $380,354
- 2021 $726,042
- 2022 $657,087
- 2023 $621,170
- 2024 $362,568
- 2025 $439,218
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $255,041 | 4 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $2,500 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $2,092 | 3 |
| Gifts | $1,558 | 3 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $653 | 3 |
| Food and beverage | $503 | 4 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $445 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | $255,041 | 4 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $56,449 | 19 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $36,599 | 14 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $33,353 | 13 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $22,354 | 18 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | $14,000 | 1 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | $9,440 | 3 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, INC. | $3,000 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Partner3 2015-08 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $46,382 |
| A Study of Milvexian in Participants After a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (LIBREXIA-ACS) Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $33,353 |
| NCT03433274--Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Using the Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve System for the Treatment of Symp… Abbott Laboratories | $15,056 |
| NCT06526195--Trial to Evaluate Safety And Effectiveness of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients With Advancing Heart Failure Abbott Laboratories | $13,300 |
| HI-PEITHO Boston Scientific Corporation · NCT04790370 | $11,639 |
| ELEGANCE Boston Scientific Corporation · NCT04674969 | $10,715 |
| Confirm2 Cleerly, Inc. | $9,440 |
| ECLIPSE Abbott Laboratories · NCT03108456 | $5,525 |
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 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Is Newark Beth Israel Medical Center a good hospital?
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Newark Beth Israel 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 548 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 56 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. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Newark Beth Israel Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $439,218 in payments to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.