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CMS certification 321307

Miners' Colfax Medical Center

203 Hospital Drive, Raton, NM 87740

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Miners' Colfax Medical Center. 63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 58 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 63% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 33 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 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: 33 completed surveys, 22% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Very few patients were eligible for the CAHPS survey. The scores shown reflect fewer than 50 completed surveys. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.
Would definitely recommend the hospital
63%
NM 66% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
65%
NM 69% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
84%
NM 78% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
84%
NM 78% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
66%
NM 62% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
93%
NM 83% · US 86%
Room was always clean
90%
NM 72% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
58%
NM 60% · US 60%

This hospital New Mexico 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 NM US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 399 visits sampled 1 h 58 min 2 h 43 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled 2 h 55 min 4 h 34 min 4 h 17 min
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 13 patients 31% 54% 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 65 cases Too few cases 4.9% 3.9%
Pneumonia 29 cases Too few cases 18.6% 15.2%

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 pneumonia 27 cases Too few cases 17.4% 17.3%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 26 cases Too few cases 8.6 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 complications, infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

Clinicians registered at this address

15 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
Family Medicine 3
Family 2
Internal Medicine 2
Obstetrics & Gynecology 2
Community Health Worker 1
Hematology & Oncology 1
Medical 1
Pediatrics 1
Surgery 1
Surgical Assistant 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 Miners' Colfax Medical Center

Is Miners' Colfax Medical Center a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Miners' Colfax Medical Center. Of the 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Miners' Colfax Medical Center?

63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 33 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Miners' Colfax Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 58 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.