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Overview of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center

Alvarado Hospital Medical Center's care and specialties services are nationally recognized by Healthgrades as being among the Top 5% in the Nation for Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Excellence (2016), and among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™, Spine Surgery™ and Critical Care™. We are pleased to be the only hospital in California to be among America's 100 Best for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery (2014-2017).For a complete list of national awards, click here.

Alvarado Hospital is a 306-bed acute care hospital offering advanced, specialized healthcare services to the San Diego community and beyond. Our vision is to provide our community with a healthcare facility that blends outstanding medical care and leading-edge technology with the highly personalized service of a community hospital.

Total beds: 306

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospital

No of Affiliated Doctors: 171

Affiliated Providers :
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Medicare Quality data

The Medicare quality data presented below is derived from the www.cms.gov hospital compare data. Star ratings are limited in scope to the data sources they are derived from. The Hospital Compare overall hospital rating summarizes a variety of measures across 7 areas of quality into a single rating for each hospital.


Overall rating

(3/5)

Patient Experience

(1/5)

Safety of care

(3/5)

Timeliness of care

(2/5)

Staying out of Hospital after treatment

(1/5)


Above national average

Same as national average

Below national average

Patient Experience (HCHAPS) data from Medicare


This data is based on HCAHPS survey by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (www.cms.gov).The HCAHPS survey is administered to a random sample of adult patients across medical conditions between 48 hours and 6 weeks after discharge; the survey isn't restricted to Medicare beneficiaries. Hospital Compare currently reports results for the categories listed below.    

64% Patients that would definitely recommend ( 8% lower than the national average )

FAQ's ABOUT HOSPITAL

Aetna (PPO includes Coventry and First Health Networks, HMO-POS, Medicare Advantage, Worker's Comp), Alignment (Medicare HMO), Alvarado Parkway Institute, America's Choice (PPO, Worker's Comp, Automobile Medical), Anthem Blue Cross (Covered California, California Care HMO, PPO, Indemnity, Medicare HMO, FEP-Senior), Artemis (Clinical Research)​, Blue Shield (Covered California, HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, Medicare), Blue Shield of California Promise (Medi-Cal, Medicare), Cigna (HMO, PPO), Community Health Group (Medi-Cal, Medicare HMO), Corvel (Worker's Comp), County Medical Services (CMS - County Government), Coventry (First Health, CCN, PPO), Easy Choice Health Plan (Medicare), Encompass Medical Group, Foundation For Medical Care (PPO), Great-West Healthcare (PPO), Health Net (Covered California, HMO, POS, PPO, Medi-Cal, Medicare HMO, Pure Care Products), Health Smart (PPO, HMO, Worker's Comp, Interplan, Health Payors Org., DirectCare America), Humana (Medicare Advantage), Keenan Prime Healthcare (Blue Cross-Prime Healthcare Employees), Medi-Cal, Medical Acquisitions Co., Medicare, Mid-County Medical Group (Ancillary Agreement), Multicultural Medical Group (Ancillary Agreement), Multiplan (PPO, PHCS, Beech Street, Worker's Comp and Automobile Medical), National Healthcare Solutions (PPO), Networks by Design (PPO and Worker's Comp), Occunet (HMO/PPO and Worker's Comp), ​PacifiCare of California (Encompass Medical Group HMO), Pacific Foundation for Medical Care (PPO), ​Provider Select (PPO, Worker's Comp), San Diego Clinical Trials (Clinical Research), San Diego Physicians Medical Group (Ancillary Agreement), Seasons Hospice, Star Health Care Network (PPO), Stratose (PPO, Worker's Comp, Automobile Medical), Three Rivers (PPO, Worker's Comp, Automobile Medical), TriWest VA Choice, United Healthcare-Tricare (Military West), United Healthcare (ACA, PPO, HMO, West, Medicare, Encompass Medical Group HMO), Vantage Medical Group (Ancillary Agreement).

306

1972

The hospital accepts various types of health insurance, but individual coverage may be variable. You should check with your insurance whether the hospital is in network or not. You can make payment via cash, online, credit card or debit card.

Santa Fe Station

San Diego International Airport

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