CMS certification 100130
Lakeside Medical Center
39200 Hooker Hwy, Belle Glade, FL 33430
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Lakeside Medical Center. 62% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 21 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: 83 completed surveys, 19% response rate, 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 medium; 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 · 351 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min | 2 h 21 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 20,610 patients | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 66 patients | 83% | 73% | 65% |
How Lakeside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Medical CenterThis hospital | Not rated | 62% | 2 h 21 min | No different |
| West Boca Medical CenterSame county · Boca Raton | 3/5 | 50% | 2 h 17 min | 1 better |
| Bethesda Hospital EastSame county · Boynton Beach | 2/5 | 63% | 3 h 8 min | 4 better 3 worse |
| Wellington Regional Medical CenterSame county · Wellington | 2/5 | 56% | 2 h 55 min | 2 better 4 worse |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterSame county · Palm Beach Gardens | 2/5 | 54% | 2 h 18 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| W Palm Beach VA Medical CenterSame county · West Palm Beach | 3/5 | 77% | — | 1 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 99 cases | Too few cases | 4.4% | 3.9% |
6 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 | 0.99 likely 0.48 – 1.49 | 1 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 130 cases | No different | 0.59 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.89 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 154 cases | No different | 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 160 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
9 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0 | 1 |
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 pneumonia 66 cases | Too few cases | 17% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 26 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
12 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
21 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 17 residents and trainees. 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 Medicine | 7 |
| Pharmacist | 2 |
| Anesthesiology | 1 |
| Dental Hygienist | 1 |
| Family | 1 |
| General Practice | 1 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 1 |
| Hospitalist | 1 |
| Internal Medicine | 1 |
| Mental Health | 1 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 1 |
| Physician Assistant | 1 |
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 $7,593
- 2020 $1,569
- 2021 $641
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026.
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 Lakeside Medical Center
Is Lakeside Medical Center a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Lakeside Medical Center. 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.
Would patients recommend Lakeside 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 83 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Lakeside Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 21 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Lakeside Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $641 in payments to Lakeside Medical Center for 2021, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.