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CMS certification 360355

Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital

100 West Main Street, Springfield, OH 45502

Acute Care Hospitals

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital. 89% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate.

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 89% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 54 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 0 better of 6 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 54 completed surveys, 35% 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
89%
OH 71% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
90%
OH 73% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
89%
OH 81% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
88%
OH 79% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
83%
OH 62% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
89%
OH 88% · US 86%
Room was always clean
86%
OH 74% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
78%
OH 57% · US 60%

This hospital Ohio average US average

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 72 cases Too few cases 3.8% 3.9%

6 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.

10 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.94 likely 0.44 – 1.44 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 35 cases No different 0.61 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.94 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 97 cases No different 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 94 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 94 cases No different 2.57 per 1,000 likely 0.87 per 1,000 – 4.28 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 96 cases No different 1.63 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.35 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 98 cases No different 7.93 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.29 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 98 cases No different 3.36 per 1,000 likely 0.77 per 1,000 – 5.95 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 79 cases No different 5.01 per 1,000 likely 0.76 per 1,000 – 9.25 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 35 cases No different 1.04 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.12 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

3 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 530 cases No different 12 per 1,000 likely 8.9 per 1,000 – 16 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 339 cases No different 0.8 likely 0.6 – 1.2 —

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.

Clinicians registered at this address

14 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
Anesthesiologist Assistant 5
Athletic Trainer 3
Anesthesiology 2
Acute Care 1
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 1
Nurse Practitioner 1
Physician 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 Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital

Is Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital. On all 6 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 Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital?

89% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 54 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital have an emergency room?

No. CMS does not list emergency services at Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital.