CMS certification 330023
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Vassar Brothers Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 72% 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 8 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 55 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 2,026 completed surveys, 40% 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 | NY | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 391 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 4 h 55 min | 3 h 14 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 58,177 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 225 patients | 42% | 60% | 65% |
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 5,187 cases | Too few cases | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 382 cases | Too few cases | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 975 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 1,005 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 474 cases | Too few cases | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 201 cases | Too few cases | 7.9% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 143 cases | Too few cases | 1.7% | 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 | 1.08 likely 0.85 – 1.32 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 140 cases | Better | 127.12 per 1,000 likely 85.91 per 1,000 – 168.34 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 11,020 cases | No different | 0.5 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.95 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 12,390 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.34 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 12,898 cases | No different | 0.3 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,509 cases | No different | 2.8 per 1,000 likely 1.55 per 1,000 – 4.05 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,090 cases | No different | 1.11 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.52 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,031 cases | No different | 10.1 per 1,000 likely 5.19 per 1,000 – 15.01 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,691 cases | No different | 4.51 per 1,000 likely 2.76 per 1,000 – 6.27 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,096 cases | No different | 7.28 per 1,000 likely 4.27 per 1,000 – 10.3 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 616 cases | No different | 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.34 per 1,000 – 3.12 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,139 cases | No different | 1.34 per 1,000 likely 0.5 per 1,000 – 2.19 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) | No different | 0.52 likely 0.21 – 1.08 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.14 likely 0.02 – 0.47 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.28 likely 0.05 – 0.91 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 2.75 likely 0.7 – 7.48 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.6 likely 0.22 – 1.34 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.35 likely 0.21 – 0.55 | 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 592 cases | Too few cases | 15% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,379 cases | Too few cases | 20.9% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,271 cases | Too few cases | 18.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 291 cases | Too few cases | 19.2% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 174 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 447 cases | Too few cases | 10.8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 1,157 cases | Too few cases | -7.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,045 cases | Too few cases | 21.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 536 cases | No different | 13.1 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 17.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 225 cases | No different | 11.7 per 100 likely 9.2 per 100 – 15 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 225 cases | No different | 4 per 100 likely 2.8 per 100 – 5.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 459 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.2 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
401 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 216 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 |
|---|---|
| Family | 38 |
| Anesthesiology | 37 |
| Emergency Medicine | 30 |
| Hospitalist | 29 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 28 |
| Physician Assistant | 28 |
| Surgical | 24 |
| Internal Medicine | 17 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 15 |
| Adult Health | 14 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 9 |
| Medical | 9 |
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.
- 2021 $40,713
- 2022 $31,413
- 2023 $41,931
- 2024 $12,233
- 2025 $11,204
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $7,938 | 7 |
| Debt forgiveness | $2,674 | 5 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $592 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $6,600 | 3 |
| Baxter Healthcare | $1,417 | 1 |
| Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. | $1,338 | 4 |
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | $1,135 | 1 |
| Linvatec Corporation | $428 | 1 |
| Stryker Corporation | $215 | 2 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | $72 | 2 |
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 Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Is Vassar Brothers Medical Center a good hospital?
Vassar Brothers Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 8 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Vassar Brothers Medical Center?
72% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 2,026 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Vassar Brothers Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 55 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 Vassar Brothers Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $11,204 in payments to Vassar Brothers Medical Center for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.