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Commission on Cancer (CoC) centers with the highest case mix index
Case Mix Index (CMI) is a metric that reflects the complexity of a hospital’s patient population and the associated resources for their care.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses CMI to determine reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. CMS evaluates the resources required to treat patients where higher CMI can result in higher reimbursement rates.
What is a Commission on Cancer (CoC) Center?
Commission on Cancer (CoC) Centers are nationally recognized for data-driven performance measures that improve care quality for patients undergoing cancer treatment.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) runs this consortium of organizations to provide educational/training opportunities and development resources, reporting tools via participation in the National Cancer Database, as well as advocacy for oncologists and cancer centers.
Which Commission on Cancer (CoC) Centers have the highest case mix index?
Definitive Healthcare records the CMI for over 5,900 hospitals in our HospitalView product. As of April 2024, over 1,110 of our tracked hospitals are designated as CoC centers. The average CMI across all CoC hospitals is 1.87 with a range from 1.00 to 3.87
Below, we’ve compiled the CoC hospitals with the highest case mix index.
| Rank | Hospital name | Definitive ID | City | State | Case mix index | # of staffed beds | Explore dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akron Childrens Hospital | 6419 | Akron | OH | 3.87 | 268 | Explore |
| 2 | Helford Clinical Research Hospital (AKA City of Hope National Medical Center) | 370 | Duarte | CA | 3.46 | 217 | Explore |
| 3 | Presbyterian/St Lukes Medical Center | 664 | Denver | CO | 3.37 | 312 | Explore |
| 4 | Moffitt Cancer Center Magnolia Campus (AKA H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) | 818 | Tampa | FL | 3.34 | 218 | Explore |
| 5 | University of Maryland Medical Center | 1920 | Baltimore | MD | 3.18 | 767 | Explore |
| 6 | Cleveland Clinic Main Campus | 3120 | Cleveland | OH | 3.05 | 1,299 | Explore |
| 7 | CHI St Lukes Health - Baylor St Lukes Medical Center | 4021 | Houston | TX | 2.95 | 628 | Explore |
| 8 | UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights | 560 | San Francisco | CA | 2.89 | 834 | Explore |
| 9 | Nemours Childrens Hospital - Delaware (FKA Nemours Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children) | 5163 | Wilmington | DE | 2.83 | 206 | Explore |
| 10 | MedStar Washington Hospital Center | 754 | Washington | DC | 2.8 | 725 | Explore |
| 11 | Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 4018 | Houston | TX | 2.79 | 1,089 | Explore |
| - | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | 3571 | Philadelphia | PA | 2.79 | 1,051 | Explore |
| 13 | Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | 4329 | Norfolk | VA | 2.73 | 472 | Explore |
| 14 | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | 4017 | Houston | TX | 2.72 | 698 | Explore |
| 15 | Allegheny General Hospital | 3448 | Pittsburgh | PA | 2.7 | 528 | Explore |
| - | Brigham and Womens Hospital | 1969 | Boston | MA | 2.7 | 812 | Explore |
| 17 | University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics | 1461 | Iowa City | IA | 2.68 | 727 | Explore |
| 18 | Duke University Hospital | 2973 | Durham | NC | 2.67 | 1,048 | Explore |
| 19 | Uchicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital - Hyde Park (AKA Bernard A Mitchell Hospital) | 1168 | Chicago | IL | 2.63 | 686 | Explore |
| - | Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center | 4401 | Spokane | WA | 2.63 | 609 | Explore |
| 21 | Piedmont Atlanta Hospital (AKA Piedmont Hospital) | 998 | Atlanta | GA | 2.62 | 488 | Explore |
| - | Adventist Health St Helena (FKA St Helena Hospital - Napa Valley) | 461 | Saint Helena | CA | 2.62 | 141 | Explore |
| 23 | Intermountain Health Saint Joseph Hospital (FKA Saint Joseph Hospital) | 662 | Denver | CO | 2.6 | 400 | Explore |
| - | SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 2444 | Saint Louis | MO | 2.6 | 317 | Explore |
| 25 | The University of Kansas Hospital | 1631 | Kansas City | KS | 2.59 | 955 | Explore |
Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive Healthcare HospitalView product. Case mix data is sourced from the Medicare Cost Report. CoC designations are validated twice a year via ACS and proprietary research. Accessed April 2024.
Akron Childrens Hospital has the highest case mix among CoC hospitals at 3.87. Two short-term acute care hospitals, Helford Clinical Research Hospital and Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center, are second and third on the list at 3.46 and 3.37 respectively.
The average case mix for the listed cancer centers is 2.87.
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