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CMS certification 151319

Gibson General Hospital

1808 Sherman Dr, Princeton, IN 47670

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Gibson General Hospital. 72% 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 1 h 41 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.

CMS overall rating Not rated There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
Would definitely recommend 72% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 173 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 0 better of 4 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 173 completed surveys, 30% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
72%
IN 71% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
75%
IN 73% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
84%
IN 80% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
74%
IN 79% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
66%
IN 60% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
88%
IN 87% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
69%
IN 73% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
65%
IN 60% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Indiana 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital IN US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 353 visits sampled 1 h 41 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled 2 h 45 min 3 h 51 min 4 h 17 min
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 29 patients 90% 60% 65%

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 127 cases Too few cases 5.3% 3.9%
Pneumonia 31 cases Too few cases 15.9% 15.2%

5 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.

1 no different
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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after pneumonia 40 cases Too few cases 18.1% 17.3%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 31 cases Too few cases -11.9 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 134 cases No different 13.1 per 1,000 likely 9.6 per 1,000 – 17.6 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 28 cases No different 11.3 per 100 likely 7.7 per 100 – 16.5 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 28 cases No different 5.3 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 8.4 per 100 5.4 per 100

9 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

43 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
Physical Therapist 8
Speech-Language Pathologist 5
Dietitian, Registered 4
Emergency Medicine 4
Physical Therapy Assistant 4
Specialist 2
Adult Development & Aging 1
Adult Health 1
Anesthesiology 1
Athletic Trainer 1
Clinical 1
Family Medicine 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 Gibson General Hospital

Is Gibson General Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Gibson General Hospital. 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 Gibson General Hospital?

72% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 173 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Gibson General Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 41 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.