CMS certification 451363
Jackson Healthcare Center
1013 S Wells, Edna, TX 77957
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Jackson Healthcare Center. On all 2 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 57 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: 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 | TX | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 3,660 visits sampled | 1 h 57 min | 2 h 25 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 116 visits sampled | 3 h 14 min | 3 h 53 min | 4 h 17 min |
How Jackson Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Healthcare CenterThis hospital | Not rated | — | 1 h 57 min | No different |
| Cuero Regional HospitalSame ZIP area · Cuero | 4/5 | 71% | 2 h 39 min | 2 better |
| Lavaca Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Hallettsville | 4/5 | — | 2 h 2 min | 1 better |
| Memorial Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Port Lavaca | 4/5 | 74% | — | 1 better |
| Yoakum Community HospitalSame ZIP area · Yoakum | 3/5 | 82% | 1 h 32 min | 1 better |
| Citizens Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Victoria | 3/5 | 73% | 3 h 20 min | 2 better 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 141 cases | No different | 12.6 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 17.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
13 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for deaths, 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
12 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 | 4 |
| Family Medicine | 4 |
| Pediatrics | 2 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 |
| Physical Therapist | 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 Jackson Healthcare Center
Is Jackson Healthcare Center a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Jackson Healthcare Center. On all 2 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.
How long is the wait in the Jackson Healthcare Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 57 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.