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CMS certification 23005F

Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center

325 East H Street, Iron Mountain, MI 49801

Acute Care - Veterans Administration

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center. 91% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none.

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 91% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 51 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 5 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 51 completed surveys, 56% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Fewer than 100 patients completed the CAHPS survey. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.
Would definitely recommend the hospital
91%
MI 69% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
90%
MI 69% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
93%
MI 80% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
87%
MI 78% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
86%
MI 61% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
95%
MI 87% · US 86%
Room was always clean
91%
MI 69% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
83%
MI 57% · US 60%

This hospital Michigan average US average

How Iron Mountain Mi VA 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
Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical CenterThis hospitalNot rated91%—1 better
Dickinson County Memorial HospitalSame city2/561%2 h 54 min1 better 1 worse
OSF St Francis Hospital and Medical GroupSame ZIP area · Escanaba4/575%2 h 9 min1 better
Bell HospitalSame ZIP area · IshpemingNot rated82%2 h 10 min1 better
Schoolcraft Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · ManistiqueNot rated88%2 h 44 minNo different
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalSame ZIP area · Marquette3/563%3 h 8 min2 better 1 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. All hospitals in Iron Mountain.

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 73 cases Too few cases 3.6% 3.9%
Heart failure 31 cases Too few cases 11.7% 11.1%
Pneumonia 32 cases Too few cases 15.7% 15.2%

4 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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 320 cases No different 0.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.84 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 422 cases No different 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 428 cases No different 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.53 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000

10 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
Days back in hospital after heart failure 31 cases Too few cases -53 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 36 cases Too few cases -20.4 days per 100 —

12 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Not reported for this hospital

CMS had too few cases here to publish results for infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

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 Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center

Is Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center. Of the 5 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center?

91% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 51 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center have an emergency room?

No. CMS does not list emergency services at Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical Center.