CMS certification 480001
Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the
9048 Sugar Estate, St Thomas, VI 00801
Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 11 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 3.
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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 | VI | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 48 patients | 27% | — | 65% |
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 447 cases | Too few cases | 6% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 77 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 69 cases | Too few cases | 14.9% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 51 cases | Too few cases | 26% | 11.9% |
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.11 likely 0.19 – 3.67 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.56 likely 0.18 – 1.35 | 1 |
4 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 89 cases | Too few cases | 22% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 66 cases | Too few cases | 18.5% | 17.3% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 81 cases | Too few cases | 81.8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 64 cases | Too few cases | 88.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 69 cases | No different | 12.7 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 17.3 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 42 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.7 – 1.5 | — |
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.
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 Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the
Is Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the a good hospital?
Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 11 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Does Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Roy Lester Schneider Hospital,the.