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Holmes Regional Medical Center

1350 S Hickory St, Melbourne, FL 32901

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Holmes Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 62% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 34 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 4/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 62% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 599 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 4 better of 25 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 599 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
62%
FL 69% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
58%
FL 68% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
71%
FL 76% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
70%
FL 75% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
53%
FL 58% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
82%
FL 83% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
69%
FL 72% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
50%
FL 56% · US 60% · 2 of 5 stars

This hospital Florida average US average

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 very 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 FL US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 378 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min 3 h 34 min 2 h 36 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 18 visits sampled 3 h 52 min 3 h 40 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 75,895 patients 3% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 12 patients 67% 73% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 137 patients 77% 73% 65%

How Holmes 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
Holmes Regional Medical CenterThis hospital4/562%3 h 34 min4 better 1 worse
Orlando Health Melbourne HospitalSame city3/562%2 h 9 min1 better 1 worse
Viera HospitalSame city5/573%3 h 14 min3 better 1 worse
Palm Bay HospitalSame county · Palm Bay3/567%3 h 22 min2 better
Cape Canaveral HospitalSame county · Cocoa Beach3/569%2 h 50 min3 better 2 worse
Parrish Medical CenterSame county · Titusville2/560%3 h 25 min2 better 3 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. All hospitals in Melbourne.

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 6,428 cases Too few cases 4.5% 3.9%
Heart attack 259 cases Too few cases 10.6% 11.9%
Heart failure 558 cases Too few cases 11.3% 11.1%
Pneumonia 700 cases Too few cases 14.1% 15.2%
Stroke 651 cases Too few cases 14.1% 11.9%
COPD 269 cases Too few cases 8.7% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 209 cases Too few cases 1.9% 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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.85 likely 0.62 – 1.08 1
After hip or knee replacement 86 cases Too few cases 4.7% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 227 cases No different 159.82 per 1,000 likely 119.98 per 1,000 – 199.67 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 10,026 cases No different 0.54 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 1.01 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 13,115 cases No different 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.35 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 13,755 cases No different 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.34 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,605 cases No different 2.96 per 1,000 likely 1.81 per 1,000 – 4.11 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,582 cases No different 1.93 per 1,000 likely 0.66 per 1,000 – 3.2 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 1,584 cases No different 6.09 per 1,000 likely 1.75 per 1,000 – 10.44 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,798 cases No different 3.55 per 1,000 likely 1.99 per 1,000 – 5.1 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 1,578 cases No different 4.35 per 1,000 likely 1.34 per 1,000 – 7.36 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 698 cases No different 2.11 per 1,000 likely 0.69 per 1,000 – 3.53 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,195 cases No different 0.86 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.74 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.

3 better than the nation 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) Better 0.17 likely 0.01 – 0.82 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.1 likely 0.01 – 0.5 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.32 likely 0.05 – 1.04 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 0.66 likely 0.17 – 1.78 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.68 likely 0.3 – 1.34 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.18 likely 0.1 – 0.29 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 458 cases Too few cases 14% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 865 cases Too few cases 19.5% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 911 cases Too few cases 14.8% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 389 cases Too few cases 18.5% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 173 cases Too few cases 10.1% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 82 cases Too few cases 5.8% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 339 cases Too few cases -4.2 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 675 cases Too few cases -29.5 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 761 cases Too few cases -20.4 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 136 cases No different 14 per 1,000 likely 10.5 per 1,000 – 19 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 850 cases No different 1.2 likely 0.9 – 1.4 —

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

387 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
Hospitalist 74
Emergency Medicine 25
Adult Health 22
Diagnostic Radiology 18
Pharmacist 16
Surgical 16
Anesthesiologist Assistant 15
Neurology 13
Physician Assistant 13
Critical Care Medicine 12
Nurse Practitioner 10
Acute Care 9

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.

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Common questions about Holmes Regional Medical Center

Is Holmes Regional Medical Center a good hospital?

Holmes Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Holmes Regional Medical Center?

62% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 599 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Holmes Regional Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 34 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 3% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.