CMS certification 310031
Deborah Heart and Lung Center
200 Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015
Deborah Heart and Lung Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 84% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 3.
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: 962 completed surveys, 36% 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | NJ | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 15 patients | 53% | 73% | 65% |
How Deborah Heart and Lung 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Heart and Lung CenterThis hospital | 3/5 | 84% | — | 3 worse |
| Virtua Willingboro HospitalSame county · Willingboro | 3/5 | 57% | 2 h 58 min | 2 better |
| Virtua Mount Holly HospitalSame county · Mount Holly | 3/5 | 55% | 3 h 18 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| West Jersey HospitalSame ZIP area · Voorhees | 3/5 | 70% | 2 h 25 min | 5 better 3 worse |
| Southern Ocean Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Manahawkin | 4/5 | 63% | 2 h 43 min | 2 better |
| Jefferson Stratford HospitalSame ZIP area · Stratford | 2/5 | 64% | 3 h 35 min | 2 better 4 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.
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 1,047 cases | Too few cases | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 92 cases | Too few cases | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 316 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 87 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 15.2% |
| COPD 35 cases | Too few cases | 7.5% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 73 cases | Too few cases | 2.5% | 2.4% |
1 more measure 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | Worse | 1.64 likely 1.29 – 1.99 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 60 cases | No different | 200.05 per 1,000 likely 151.3 per 1,000 – 248.8 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,601 cases | No different | 1.14 per 1,000 likely 0.3 per 1,000 – 1.99 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,324 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.4 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,622 cases | No different | 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 978 cases | No different | 2.86 per 1,000 likely 1.45 per 1,000 – 4.26 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 245 cases | No different | 2.38 per 1,000 likely 1.03 per 1,000 – 3.73 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 296 cases | Worse | 20.29 per 1,000 likely 13.97 per 1,000 – 26.61 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,048 cases | No different | 4.12 per 1,000 likely 1.85 per 1,000 – 6.39 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 257 cases | Worse | 9.6 per 1,000 likely 5.93 per 1,000 – 13.28 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 202 cases | No different | 0.99 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.05 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
2 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.69 likely 0.12 – 2.29 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.26 likely 0.04 – 0.87 | 1 |
3 more measures 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 175 cases | Too few cases | 14.3% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 538 cases | Too few cases | 20.2% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 115 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 75 cases | Too few cases | 20.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 58 cases | Too few cases | 11.3% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 170 cases | Too few cases | 8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 445 cases | Too few cases | 17.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 98 cases | Too few cases | 46.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 184 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 | — |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
120 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. 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 |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Disease | 18 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 13 |
| Pharmacist | 12 |
| Family | 6 |
| Acute Care | 5 |
| Anesthesiology | 5 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 5 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 4 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 4 |
| Hospitalist | 4 |
| Medical | 4 |
| Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | 4 |
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 $140,875
- 2020 $76,410
- 2021 $63,102
- 2022 $76,693
- 2023 $37,125
- 2024 $155,381
- 2025 $114,102
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $33,881 | 3 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $3,750 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $372 | 3 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. | $42,386 | 2 |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $30,000 | 1 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $17,900 | 2 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $15,812 | 3 |
| Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $3,600 | 1 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | $3,599 | 1 |
| Linvatec Corporation | $283 | 1 |
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | $246 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| EXPAND II Medtronic, Inc. | $42,386 |
| Assessment of Combined CCM and ICD Device in HFrEF (INTEGRA-D) Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. · NCT05855135 | $17,900 |
| ECLIPSE Abbott Laboratories · NCT03108456 | $15,292 |
| NCT04227899--LIFE-BTK Randomized Controlled Trial Abbott Laboratories | $520 |
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 Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Is Deborah Heart and Lung Center a good hospital?
Deborah Heart and Lung Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Deborah Heart and Lung Center?
84% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 962 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Deborah Heart and Lung Center have an emergency room?
No. CMS does not list emergency services at Deborah Heart and Lung Center.
Does Deborah Heart and Lung Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $114,102 in payments to Deborah Heart and Lung 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.