CMS certification 041322
Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital
679 North Main Street, Salem, AR 72576
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital. On all 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate.
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
How Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Health Fulton County HospitalThis hospital | Not rated | — | — | No different |
| Stone County Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Mountain View | Not rated | 67% | 1 h 58 min | No different |
| Baptist Health Medical Center Heber SpringsSame ZIP area · Heber Springs | 3/5 | 79% | 1 h 50 min | 1 worse |
| White River Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Batesville | 3/5 | 63% | 2 h 14 min | 2 better 2 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.
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 41 cases | Too few cases | 4.2% | 3.9% |
6 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 45 cases | No different | 13.1 per 1,000 likely 9.7 per 1,000 – 17.9 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
13 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications, infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
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 Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital
Is Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital. On all 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Does Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital.