CMS certification 400022
Hospital Damas INC
Ponce By Pass #2213, Ponce, PR 00717
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Damas. 61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 7 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 3 h 25 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.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 319 completed surveys, 16% 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | PR | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 1,147 visits sampled | 3 h 25 min | 4 h 52 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 46 visits sampled | 3 h 53 min | 4 h 44 min | 4 h 17 min |
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 1,804 cases | Too few cases | 6.8% | 3.9% |
| Stroke 89 cases | Too few cases | 20.9% | 11.9% |
5 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| After hip or knee replacement 191 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 4.1% |
12 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 2.12 likely 0.93 – 4.19 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.47 likely 0.12 – 1.27 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.09 likely 0 – 0.44 | 1 |
2 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 a heart attack 283 cases | Too few cases | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 270 cases | Too few cases | 21.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 195 cases | Too few cases | 19.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 68 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 91 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 204 cases | Too few cases | 4.9% | 5.8% |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 71 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.2 per 1,000 – 17.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
7 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $2,726
- 2020 $0
- 2021 $6,026
- 2022 $0
- 2023 $17,000
- 2024 $5,330
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026.
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 Hospital Damas
Is Hospital Damas a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Damas. Of the 7 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 Hospital Damas?
61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 319 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Hospital Damas emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 25 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.
Does Hospital Damas receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $5,330 in payments to Hospital Damas for 2024, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.