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CMS certification 471302

Mt Ascutney Hospital

289 County Road, Windsor, VT 05089

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Mt Ascutney Hospital. 84% 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 84% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 5/5 140 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: 140 completed surveys, 27% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
84%
VT 73% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
79%
VT 74% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
84%
VT 83% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
86%
VT 83% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
68%
VT 66% · US 62% · 4 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
93%
VT 89% · US 86% · 5 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
87%
VT 77% · US 74% · 5 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
61%
VT 54% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Vermont average US average

How Mt Ascutney 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
Mt Ascutney HospitalThis hospitalNot rated84%—No different
Springfield HospitalSame county · SpringfieldNot rated52%—2 worse
White River Jct VA Medical CenterSame county · White River Junction5/587%—No different
Gifford Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Randolph5/581%—1 better

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 134 cases Too few cases 4.1% 3.9%
Pneumonia 57 cases Too few cases 13% 15.2%

5 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 0.71 likely 0.04 – 3.51 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after heart failure 25 cases Too few cases 21.7% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 65 cases Too few cases 16.4% 17.3%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 64 cases Too few cases -15.5 days per 100 —
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 29 cases No different 10.3 per 100 likely 6.8 per 100 – 15.2 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 29 cases No different 5.3 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 8.4 per 100 5.4 per 100

9 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

68 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
Internal Medicine 9
Medical 7
Physician Assistant 6
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 5
Nurse Practitioner 4
Dietitian, Registered 3
Family 3
Family Medicine 3
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 3
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2
Clinical 2
Hospitalist 2

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.

CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error

Common questions about Mt Ascutney Hospital

Is Mt Ascutney Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Mt Ascutney 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 Mt Ascutney Hospital?

84% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 140 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Mt Ascutney Hospital have an emergency room?

Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Mt Ascutney Hospital.