CMS certification 050570
UCI Health - Fountain Valley
17100 Euclid Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
UCI Health - Fountain Valley has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | CA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 348 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 2 h 38 min | 2 h 54 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 47,686 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 300 patients | 66% | 70% | 65% |
How UCI Health - Fountain Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Health - Fountain ValleyThis hospital | 2/5 | — | 2 h 38 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 72% | 2 h 34 min | 3 better |
| Orange County Global Medical CenterSame county · Santa Ana | 2/5 | 49% | 3 h 6 min | 1 worse |
| Coastal Communities HospitalSame county · Santa Ana | 1/5 | 35% | 3 h 1 min | 1 better |
| Providence Mission HospitalSame county · Mission Viejo | 5/5 | 76% | 3 h 54 min | 5 better |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianSame county · Newport Beach | 5/5 | 84% | 3 h 14 min | 6 better |
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. All hospitals in Fountain Valley.
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 2,077 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 150 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 270 cases | Too few cases | 8.3% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 430 cases | Too few cases | 13.2% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 276 cases | Too few cases | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 77 cases | Too few cases | 7% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 31 cases | Too few cases | 2.4% | 2.4% |
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.88 likely 0.5 – 1.26 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 76 cases | Too few cases | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 62 cases | No different | 166.31 per 1,000 likely 118.75 per 1,000 – 213.88 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 4,529 cases | No different | 0.15 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.8 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,861 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,067 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 606 cases | No different | 2.32 per 1,000 likely 0.7 per 1,000 – 3.94 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 51 cases | No different | 1.67 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.4 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 55 cases | No different | 8.64 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 18.41 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 632 cases | No different | 4.54 per 1,000 likely 2.26 per 1,000 – 6.82 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 47 cases | No different | 5.18 per 1,000 likely 0.86 per 1,000 – 9.5 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 204 cases | No different | 1.68 per 1,000 likely 0.18 per 1,000 – 3.18 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 945 cases | No different | 0.87 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.86 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 1.24 likely 0.54 – 2.46 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.4 likely 0.1 – 1.1 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.26 likely 0.4 – 3.03 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 1.02 likely 0.41 – 2.11 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.49 likely 0.31 – 0.72 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 206 cases | Too few cases | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 392 cases | Too few cases | 23.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 579 cases | Too few cases | 16.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 156 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 63 cases | Too few cases | 11% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 66 cases | Too few cases | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 139 cases | Too few cases | 11.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 310 cases | Too few cases | 38.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 437 cases | Too few cases | 32.2 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 62 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.7 – 1.4 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
110 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | 32 |
| Anesthesiology | 18 |
| Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | 11 |
| Emergency Medicine | 9 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 4 |
| Pediatrics | 4 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 3 |
| Family | 3 |
| Clinical | 2 |
| Foot & Ankle Surgery | 2 |
| Internal Medicine | 2 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 2 |
First 12 alphabetically
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $3,426
- 2020 $1,841
- 2021 $13,562
- 2022 $256,333
- 2023 $9,563
- 2024 $6,736
- 2025 $1.1M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $31,750 | 5 |
| Grants | $28,500 | 3 |
| Gifts | $2,587 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $139 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $733,740 | 135 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $172,182 | 18 |
| Hoffmann-La Roche Limited | $85,927 | 3 |
| Abbvie INC. | $28,396 | 6 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | $23,105 | 5 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $17,724 | 5 |
| F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG | $17,117 | 2 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $16,500 | 2 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
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 UCI Health - Fountain Valley
Is UCI Health - Fountain Valley a good hospital?
UCI Health - Fountain Valley has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
How long is the wait in the UCI Health - Fountain Valley emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does UCI Health - Fountain Valley receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $1.1M in payments to UCI Health - Fountain Valley for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.