CMS certification 061336
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
1100 Carson Avenue, Lajuna, CO 81050
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center. 60% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%.
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: 65 completed surveys, 17% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
How Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Valley Regional Medical CenterThis hospital | Not rated | 60% | — | — |
| Mt San Rafael HospitalSame ZIP area · Trinidad | 5/5 | 82% | 1 h 47 min | 1 better |
| Spanish Peaks Regional Health CenterSame ZIP area · Walsenburg | Not rated | 66% | 1 h 57 min | No different |
| St Mary-Corwin HospitalSame ZIP area · Pueblo | 4/5 | 78% | 2 h 44 min | 1 worse |
| Parkview Medical Center, INCSame ZIP area · Pueblo | 3/5 | 60% | 2 h 51 min | 4 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 147 cases | Too few cases | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| COPD 25 cases | Too few cases | 7.5% | 8.6% |
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after COPD 37 cases | Too few cases | 19.4% | 20% |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 112 cases | No different | 13.6 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 18.3 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
12 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.
Clinicians registered at this address
23 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 |
|---|---|
| Family | 3 |
| Physical Therapist | 3 |
| Acute Care | 2 |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 |
| Family Medicine | 2 |
| Pharmacist | 2 |
| Clinical | 1 |
| Gerontology | 1 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 1 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 |
| Occupational Therapist | 1 |
| Physician Assistant | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
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.
CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error
Common questions about Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
Would patients recommend Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center?
60% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 65 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center.