CMS certification 141324
Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations
1201 Pine Street, Eldorado, IL 62930
Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. Of the 13 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2.
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.
How Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrell Hospital Community FoundationsThis hospital | 1/5 | — | — | 2 worse |
| Harrisburg Medical CenterSame county · Harrisburg | 2/5 | 51% | 2 h 14 min | No different |
| Herrin HospitalSame ZIP area · Herrin | 1/5 | 69% | 2 h 37 min | 3 worse |
| Heartland Regional Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Marion | 2/5 | 69% | 2 h 42 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Marion Il VA Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Marion | 3/5 | 80% | — | 3 worse |
| Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleSame ZIP area · Carbondale | 1/5 | 66% | 2 h 41 min | 1 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.
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 179 cases | Too few cases | 5.3% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 30 cases | Too few cases | 11.9% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 121 cases | Too few cases | 22.6% | 15.2% |
| COPD 41 cases | Too few cases | 9.1% | 8.6% |
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.99 likely 0.17 – 3.28 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 1.17 likely 0.3 – 3.19 | 1 |
4 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 heart failure 27 cases | Too few cases | 21.5% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 100 cases | Too few cases | 18.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 50 cases | Too few cases | 19.2% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 35 cases | Too few cases | -1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 122 cases | Too few cases | 24.8 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 116 cases | No different | 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 17.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 41 cases | No different | 11.1 per 100 likely 7.8 per 100 – 15.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 41 cases | No different | 6.1 per 100 likely 3.9 per 100 – 9.3 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
6 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. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
18 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 |
|---|---|
| Clinical | 2 |
| Internal Medicine | 2 |
| Occupational Therapist | 2 |
| Pharmacist | 2 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 2 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 1 |
| Family | 1 |
| Family Medicine | 1 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 |
| Physical Therapist | 1 |
| Podiatrist | 1 |
| Professional | 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.
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Common questions about Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations
Is Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations a good hospital?
Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. Of the 13 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Does Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations.