STATE OF MICHIGAN
REGIONAL REPORTS
The Hospital Industry Regional Reports examine whether hospitals across a specific region in Michigan are delivering high-quality, safe care at prices that provide reasonable value for employers, patients, and other healthcare purchasers. Using nationally recognized data, the report compares hospitals on quality, patient safety, financial performance, commercial pricing, and the amount hospitals need to charge to cover their costs. The findings reveal a significant disconnect between price and performance: relatively few hospitals earn the highest CMS quality ratings, while many remain highly profitable and charge commercial insurers substantially more than Medicare rates and, in many cases, more than what is estimated to be necessary to cover their costs. Overall, the regional reports highlight the importance of evaluating hospital price and quality together and provide employers and other purchasers with information to help identify higher-value care and make more informed healthcare purchasing decisions. CLICK HERE to access Definitions and Sources.
The territories for the five regional reports are based on the Michigan Association for Local Public Health (MALPH) State Health Assessment regions. To account for the number of hospitals in each area and the availability of data, some regions were combined as follows:
- Regions 1 and 5: Southwest and Central Lower Peninsula
- Region 2S and 2N: Southeast Michigan – Metro Detroit
- Region 3: Saginaw Valley-Flint-Thumb Region
- Region 6 and 7: Grand Rapids-Traverse City-Northern Michigan
- Region 8: Upper Peninsula
Hospitals within a region may not appear in every chart if data for a specific measure are missing or unavailable.