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CMS certification 451395

Hill Regional Hospital

101 Circle Drive, Hillsboro, TX 76645

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

Hill Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. 60% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 10 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1.

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating 1/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 60% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 103 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 0 better of 10 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 103 completed surveys, 16% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
60%
TX 73% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
66%
TX 74% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
82%
TX 80% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
81%
TX 80% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
57%
TX 63% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
76%
TX 86% · US 86% · 1 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
71%
TX 76% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
66%
TX 66% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Texas 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 279 cases Too few cases 4.8% 3.9%
Heart failure 43 cases Too few cases 16.8% 11.1%
Pneumonia 58 cases Too few cases 19.4% 15.2%

4 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.

1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
C. diff intestinal infections No different 0.69 likely 0.03 – 3.39 1

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.

1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after heart failure 84 cases Too few cases 21.4% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 72 cases Too few cases 18% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 60 cases Too few cases 19.7% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 42 cases Too few cases -22 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 55 cases Too few cases 6.1 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 67 cases No different 13 per 1,000 likely 9.5 per 1,000 – 17.7 per 1,000 13 per 1,000

8 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. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

Clinicians registered at this address

13 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
Physical Therapist 4
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 3
Advanced Practice Midwife 1
Dietitian, Registered 1
Emergency Medicine 1
Family 1
Family Medicine 1
Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist 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 Hill Regional Hospital

Is Hill Regional Hospital a good hospital?

Hill Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. Of the 10 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 Hill Regional Hospital?

60% 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.

Does Hill Regional Hospital have an emergency room?

Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Hill Regional Hospital.