CMS certification 111338
Blue Ridge Medical Center
2855 Old Highway 5 North, Blue Ridge, GA 30513
This page brings together federal quality data for this hospital: its CMS star rating, patient survey results, emergency department times, and death, complication, infection and readmission rates, each compared with the national rate. Everything here comes from CMS and NPPES, the federal sources themselves - not from us.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
How Blue Ridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Medical CenterThis hospital | Not rated | — | — | — |
| Union General HospitalSame ZIP area · Blairsville | 3/5 | 75% | 2 h 45 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, INCSame ZIP area · Gainesville | 3/5 | 70% | 3 h 52 min | 4 better 3 worse |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinSame ZIP area · Dahlonega | 5/5 | 87% | 2 h 37 min | No different |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamSame ZIP area · Demorest | 3/5 | 71% | 2 h 31 min | 1 better |
| Chatuge Regional HospitalSame ZIP area · Hiawassee | Not rated | 74% | 2 h 36 min | 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.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for deaths, complications, infections caught in the hospital, readmissions and return visits. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
20 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 3 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 2 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 1 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 1 |
| Emergency Medical Technician, Intermediate | 1 |
| Family Medicine | 1 |
| Hospitalist | 1 |
| Licensed Practical Nurse | 1 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 1 |
| Physical Therapist | 1 |
| Primary Care | 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 Blue Ridge Medical Center
Does Blue Ridge Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Blue Ridge Medical Center.