Acute Care Hospital

UPMC Shadyside

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

24/7 Emergency Services

4 out of 5 Stars Why 4 stars?

CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating · UPMC Shadyside

How was UPMC Shadyside's 4-star rating calculated?

The CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating applies to acute care hospitals like UPMC Shadyside. CMS standardizes every underlying measure against the national rate, computes a weighted score for each of five domains, sums them by the fixed weights below, and assigns 1–5 stars using k-means clustering across all reporting hospitals.

Domains that fed UPMC Shadyside's rating
Domain	Weight	Measures reported	Hospital performance vs. national
Mortality	22%	7 of 7	2 better 5 same 0 worse
Safety of Care	22%	18 of 19	3 better 13 same 2 worse
Readmissions	22%	6 of 6	2 better 2 same 2 worse
Timely & Effective Care	12%	18 of 22	3 better 8 same 7 worse
Patient Experience	22%	HCAHPS	See HCAHPS detail below

How star meaning varies by hospital type. This CMS Overall Star Rating only applies to acute care hospitals. Children's hospitals (Pediatric Quality), psychiatric hospitals (IPFQR), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF QRP), long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH QRP), and VA medical centers each use separate quality programs designed for their patient populations. Comparing star ratings across these facility types isn't meaningful — see the methodology page for the full mapping of which program applies to which facility.

How CareRanks computes ratings → · CMS official methodology ↗

Measures the rate at which patients die within 30 days of hospital admission for specific conditions. A lower mortality rate indicates better outcomes.

UPMC Shadyside

Worse US Avg Better

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Tracks hospital-acquired infections, surgical complications, and other patient safety indicators. Lower rates indicate better safety practices.

UPMC Shadyside

Worse US Avg Better

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Measures how often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower readmission rates suggest effective treatment and discharge planning.

UPMC Shadyside

Worse US Avg Better

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Based on the HCAHPS survey — patient satisfaction with communication, cleanliness, pain management, and discharge information.

UPMC Shadyside

Worse US Avg Better

Patient survey detail — the questions feeding the Patient Experience domain above expand ↓

CMS computes the Patient Experience domain from the federal HCAHPS survey. Each bar below is one survey question; the percentage is the share of UPMC's recent patients who gave the most positive response. HCAHPS percentages aren't directly comparable across all measures — see the methodology page for how CMS weights them.

Communication with Nurses 81%
Communication with Doctors 78%
Hospital Cleanliness 65%
Hospital Quietness 50%
Staff Responsiveness N/A
Discharge Information 89%
Overall Hospital Rating (9 or 10) 72%
Would Recommend Hospital 71%

Percentages represent patients who gave the most positive response. Survey conducted by CMS through the HCAHPS program.

Measures how quickly the hospital provides important treatments such as antibiotics for pneumonia or interventions for heart attacks.

UPMC Shadyside

Worse US Avg Better

Underlying measures:

Psychiatric Unit Quality (IPFQR)

UPMC Shadyside operates a Medicare-certified inpatient psychiatric unit that reports under the federal IPFQR program. The measures below are specific to that unit — not the hospital as a whole. They cover restraint and seclusion use, screening for medication side effects, substance-use and tobacco treatment, transitions of care, follow-up after discharge, and readmissions.

Physical Restraint Use 0.3 hours per 1,000 patient-hours

National median: 0.1 hours Worse than national median

HBIPS-2 — hours of physical restraint use per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; restraints carry physical and psychological risks.

Seclusion Use 2.1 hours per 1,000 patient-hours

National median: 0.0 hours Worse than national median

HBIPS-3 — hours of seclusion per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; seclusion is used only when no other intervention works.

Metabolic Screening (SMD) 79.0 %

National median: 92.0 % Worse than national median

SMD — % of patients on antipsychotics screened for metabolic side effects (BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol). Antipsychotics raise metabolic-syndrome risk; screening catches it early.

Substance-Use Treatment Provided 36.0 %

National median: 74.0 % Worse than national median

SUB-2 — % of patients with alcohol/drug use referred for treatment during admission.

Substance-Use Treatment at Discharge 53.0 %

National median: 77.0 % Worse than national median

SUB-3 — % of patients with substance-use disorder offered or referred to treatment at discharge.

Tobacco-Use Treatment at Discharge 5.0 %

National median: 64.0 % Worse than national median

TOB-3 — % of patients using tobacco who received counseling and/or medication at discharge.

Transition Record Completed 0.0 %

National median: 77.0 % Worse than national median

TR-1 — % of discharges with a completed transition record including medications, follow-up plan, and crisis instructions.

Follow-up Within 7 Days 38.2 %

National median: 35.4 % Near national median

FAPH-7 — % of patients with a follow-up outpatient mental-health visit within 7 days of discharge. Predicts lower readmission risk.

Follow-up Within 30 Days 64.5 %

National median: 60.7 % Near national median

FAPH-30 — % of patients with a follow-up outpatient mental-health visit within 30 days of discharge.

Medication Continuation 76.5 %

National median: 78.2 % Near national median

MedCont — % of discharged patients with continued antipsychotic / antidepressant medication post-discharge.

30-Day Readmission Rate 16.2 %

National median: 19.1 % Better than national median

READM-30-IPF — risk-standardized 30-day readmission rate. No Different Than the National Rate

Influenza Immunization 91.0 %

National median: 87.0 % Near national median

IMM-2 — % of patients given a flu vaccine during the inpatient stay.

Source: CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program. Reporting period ending 12/31/2024.

Clinical Staff

UPMC Shadyside has 2,048 CMS-affiliated clinicians on its roster — physicians, advanced practice providers, and other Medicare-enrolled professionals who list this hospital as an affiliated facility.

Top specialties

Internal Medicine 269
Physician Assistant 228
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna) 137
Nurse Practitioner 115
Family Practice 95
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) 86
Anesthesiology 83
Diagnostic Radiology 83

Self-reported primary specialty in the CMS Doctors & Clinicians dataset. Many clinicians serve multiple facilities.

Practice characteristics

Accept Medicare assignment: 2,044 (100%)
Offer telehealth: 833 (41%)

Medicare quality scoring (MIPS)

1,486 of these clinicians have a published Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score. Of those, 68 (5%) score above the national median of 85.5.

MIPS scoring is heavily compressed at the top of the 0–100 range, so individual scores are not a reliable consumer signal. We surface roster-level coverage and the share above the national median instead.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians (Care Compare) national downloadable file and MIPS Performance Year final scores, as of 2026-05-27. Affiliations from the CMS Facility Affiliations dataset. About 16% of small facilities (critical access, rural emergency, freestanding psych, IRF/LTCH) do not appear in the affiliations file and therefore have no panel.

Find a Doctor

Search the 2,048 clinicians affiliated with UPMC Shadyside. Each name links to that clinician's official Medicare Care Compare profile, where you can see their credentials, secondary specialties, group affiliations, and (when applicable) MIPS quality scores.

Showing 30 of 2,048 clinicians (alphabetical)

Jose F. Abad, MD

Family Practice

✓ Medicare
Rime Abbas, MD

Pulmonary Disease

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Kalil G. Abdullah, MD

Neurosurgery

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Mohamed Abdullah, MD

Cardiac Surgery

✓ Medicare
Amanda K. Aber

Nurse Practitioner

✓ Medicare
Kevin A. Abercrombie, NP

Nurse Practitioner

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Blaise W. Abramovitz, DO

Nephrology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MD

Anesthesiology

✓ Medicare
Ibrahim Abukhiran, MD

Pathology

✓ Medicare
Antonio A. Achkar, MD

Rheumatology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
James M. Ackerman, MD

Thoracic Surgery

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
James H. Acuff, MD

Anesthesiology

✓ Medicare
Amesh A. Adalja, MD

Emergency Medicine

✓ Medicare
Elyse Addonizio, DO

Internal Medicine

✓ Medicare
Lauren A. Adrian, CNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (crna)

✓ Medicare
Steven Agabegi, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

✓ Medicare
Nitin Agarwal, MD

Neurosurgery

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Vikas Agarwal, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

✓ Medicare
Avinash Aggarwal, MD

Neurology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Nidhi Aggarwal, MD

Pathology

✓ Medicare
Rohit Aggarwal, MD

Rheumatology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Mounzer E. Agha, MD

Hematology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Muaz M. Aijazi, MD

Gastroenterology

✓ Medicare
Aryan N. Aiyer, MD

Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Khattar Aizooky, MD

Internal Medicine

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare
Fadeke B. Akanbi, MD

Internal Medicine

✓ Medicare
Deborah T. Akanya, MD

Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)

✓ Medicare
Faisal Akbar, MD

Medical Oncology

✓ Medicare
Jawaid Akhtar, MD

Emergency Medicine

✓ Medicare
Oleg E. Akilov, MD

Dermatology

📡 Telehealth ✓ Medicare

Roster from CMS Doctors and Clinicians (Care Compare), updated 2026-05-27. A clinician may also practice at other facilities; "affiliated" means this hospital is on their CMS profile, not that they exclusively work here.

Pricing & Costs

Facility Information

Facility type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency services: Yes — 24/7

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Rehabilitation

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Long-Term Acute Care

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Not rated · LTACH Quality Reporting Program

About this data

Quality and ratings data are sourced from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare program. Star ratings are CMS's own calculation; CareRanks does not modify or re-weight them. Facility-level details (address, beds, ownership, teaching status) come from CMS provider files and the CMS Provider of Services file.

Pricing data, where shown, is drawn from the hospital's own Machine-Readable File (MRF) published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. See our methodology for the full update cadence and limitations.

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Quality measures

Mortality

Safety of Care

Readmissions

Patient Experience

Timely & Effective Care

Psychiatric Unit Quality (IPFQR)

Clinical Staff

Top specialties

Practice characteristics

Medicare quality scoring (MIPS)

Find a Doctor

Pricing & Costs

Facility Information

Nearby Hospitals

Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health System

Upmc Montefiore

Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh/Upmc