CMS certification 471305
Copley Hospital
528 Washington Highway, Morrisville, VT 05661
Copley Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 82% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 16 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 12 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 191 completed surveys, 23% 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 | VT | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 269 visits sampled | 2 h 12 min | 2 h 58 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 15 visits sampled | 4 h 15 min | 6 h 42 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 365 cases | Too few cases | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 30 cases | Too few cases | 12.1% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 53 cases | Too few cases | 14.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 105 cases | Too few cases | 22.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 27 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 11.9% |
| COPD 37 cases | Too few cases | 11.5% | 8.6% |
1 more measure 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 40 cases | Too few cases | 4.5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.39 likely 0.02 – 1.94 | 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after heart failure 45 cases | Too few cases | 21.4% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 114 cases | Too few cases | 17.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 39 cases | Too few cases | 20% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 34 cases | Too few cases | 5.7% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 54 cases | Too few cases | 5.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 98 cases | Too few cases | 60.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 58 cases | No different | 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.5 per 1,000 – 17.5 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 39 cases | No different | 9.8 per 100 likely 6.6 per 100 – 14.3 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 39 cases | No different | 4.8 per 100 likely 3 per 100 – 7.5 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
52 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 |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 6 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 5 |
| Family | 4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 4 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 4 |
| Surgery | 4 |
| Anesthesiology | 3 |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 |
| Internal Medicine | 2 |
| Physical Therapist | 2 |
| Physician Assistant | 2 |
| Adult 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 Copley Hospital
Is Copley Hospital a good hospital?
Copley Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 16 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Copley Hospital?
82% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 191 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Copley Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 12 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.