CMS certification 210017
Garrett Regional Medical Center
251 North Fourth Street, Oakland, MD 21550
Garrett Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 80% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 284 completed surveys, 26% 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 low; 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 | MD | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 354 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min | 2 h 6 min | 4 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 16 visits sampled | 2 h 58 min | 6 h 55 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 16,261 patients | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 163 patients | 75% | 65% | 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 523 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 33 cases | Too few cases | 10.9% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 81 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 101 cases | Too few cases | 16.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 42 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 70 cases | Too few cases | 8.2% | 8.6% |
1 more measure 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 | 0.9 likely 0.44 – 1.37 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 89 cases | Too few cases | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 968 cases | No different | 0.45 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.58 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,349 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 1,321 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 255 cases | No different | 2.26 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.96 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 133 cases | No different | 1.66 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.39 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 135 cases | No different | 8.47 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 18.15 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 262 cases | No different | 3.13 per 1,000 likely 0.63 per 1,000 – 5.63 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 114 cases | No different | 5.14 per 1,000 likely 0.84 per 1,000 – 9.44 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 40 cases | No different | 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 3.25 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 146 cases | No different | 1.02 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.09 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
1 more measure 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 | 2.12 likely 0.67 – 5.11 | 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 heart failure 106 cases | Too few cases | 21.4% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 110 cases | Too few cases | 17.1% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 72 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 82 cases | Too few cases | 5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 90 cases | Too few cases | 15.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 103 cases | Too few cases | -22.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 929 cases | No different | 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.7 per 1,000 – 16.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 72 cases | No different | 11.5 per 100 likely 8.2 per 100 – 15.7 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 72 cases | No different | 7.2 per 100 likely 4.8 per 100 – 10.9 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 157 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.6 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 Garrett Regional Medical Center
Is Garrett Regional Medical Center a good hospital?
Garrett Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Garrett Regional Medical Center?
80% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 284 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Garrett Regional Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.