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West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital

4039 Highland St, Milan, TN 38358

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital. 79% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 40 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 79% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 5/5 103 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 6 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 103 completed surveys, 29% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
79%
TN 70% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
82%
TN 71% · US 72% · 5 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
87%
TN 80% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
87%
TN 81% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
71%
TN 62% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
87%
TN 86% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
80%
TN 72% · US 74% · 5 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
85%
TN 63% · US 60% · 5 of 5 stars

This hospital Tennessee 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. 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 TN US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 434 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min 2 h 40 min 2 h 42 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 22 visits sampled 4 h 47 min 5 h 8 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 13,808 patients 2% 3% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 33 patients 48% 59% 65%

How West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital 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
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan HospitalThis hospitalNot rated79%2 h 40 min1 better
Henderson County Community HospitalSame ZIP area · LexingtonNot rated68%2 h 31 min1 worse
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountySame ZIP area · Huntingdon4/578%1 h 59 min1 better 1 worse
Hardin Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Savannah2/564%2 h 39 min2 worse
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden HospitalSame ZIP area · CamdenNot rated89%2 h 20 minNo different
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalSame ZIP area · Jackson3/568%4 h 1 min4 better 3 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.

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 142 cases Too few cases 4.4% 3.9%
Pneumonia 37 cases Too few cases 18.1% 15.2%

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.

10 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.98 likely 0.49 – 1.48 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 242 cases No different 0.55 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.81 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 306 cases No different 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.51 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 312 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 63 cases No different 2.29 per 1,000 likely 0.57 per 1,000 – 4.01 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 35 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 35 cases No different 8.87 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 18.77 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 65 cases No different 3.91 per 1,000 likely 1.3 per 1,000 – 6.52 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 37 cases No different 1.74 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 85 cases No different 1.01 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.08 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.

1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after pneumonia 51 cases Too few cases 16.9% 17.3%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 42 cases Too few cases -40.8 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 356 cases No different 14.2 per 1,000 likely 10.7 per 1,000 – 18.9 per 1,000 13 per 1,000

11 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

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 2
Family Medicine 2
Internal Medicine 2
Physician Assistant 2
Case Manager/Care Coordinator 1
Clinical 1
Foot & Ankle Surgery 1
Licensed Practical Nurse 1
Medical 1
Mental Health 1
Psychiatric/Mental Health 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 West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital

Is West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital. Of the 6 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 West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital?

79% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 103 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 40 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. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.