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CMS certification 490112

Cjw Medical Center

7101 Jahnke Road, Richmond, VA 23225

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Cjw Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 47 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.

CMS overall rating 4/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 64% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 1,303 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 4 better of 25 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,303 completed surveys, 23% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
64%
VA 70% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
63%
VA 72% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
74%
VA 81% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
73%
VA 80% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
53%
VA 62% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
81%
VA 87% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
66%
VA 74% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
51%
VA 60% · US 60% · 2 of 5 stars

This hospital Virginia average US average

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. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as very high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital VA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 423 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min 2 h 47 min 2 h 41 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 15 visits sampled 4 h 7 min 4 h 2 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 145,447 patients 1% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 14 patients 86% 69% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 177 patients 63% 67% 65%

How Cjw Medical 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
Cjw Medical CenterThis hospital4/564%2 h 47 min4 better 2 worse
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalSame city5/571%2 h 34 min4 better
Bon Secours Richmond Community HospitalSame cityNot rated63%1 h 51 minNo different
Henrico Doctors' HospitalSame city4/569%2 h 28 min5 better 1 worse
Richmond VA Medical CenterSame city5/570%—6 better
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsSame city4/575%3 h 54 min3 better 1 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. All hospitals in Richmond.

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 8,037 cases Too few cases 3.9% 3.9%
Heart attack 403 cases Too few cases 11.5% 11.9%
Heart failure 845 cases Too few cases 10.2% 11.1%
Pneumonia 895 cases Too few cases 16.2% 15.2%
Stroke 818 cases Too few cases 14.1% 11.9%
COPD 215 cases Too few cases 7.7% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 215 cases Too few cases 1.8% 2.4%

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.

1 worse than the nation 2 better than the nation 9 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.1 likely 0.88 – 1.32 1
After hip or knee replacement 322 cases Too few cases 3.4% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 213 cases Better 123.54 per 1,000 likely 85.78 per 1,000 – 161.3 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 13,166 cases Better 0.07 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 16,242 cases No different 0.13 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.29 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 16,622 cases No different 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 4,292 cases No different 1.36 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 2.53 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,029 cases No different 1.91 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.27 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 2,027 cases Worse 22.49 per 1,000 likely 17.89 per 1,000 – 27.08 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 4,430 cases No different 2.85 per 1,000 likely 1.34 per 1,000 – 4.37 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 2,102 cases No different 4.96 per 1,000 likely 2.27 per 1,000 – 7.65 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 1,076 cases No different 1.38 per 1,000 likely 0.02 per 1,000 – 2.73 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 3,293 cases No different 0.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.38 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

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.

5 better than the nation 1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) Better 0.46 likely 0.19 – 0.97 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.22 likely 0.07 – 0.53 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery Better 0.45 likely 0.17 – 1 1
Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy No different 0.75 likely 0.13 – 2.48 1
MRSA bloodstream infections Better 0.46 likely 0.19 – 0.96 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.17 likely 0.1 – 0.27 1

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 worse than the nation 1 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 571 cases Too few cases 14.5% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 1,197 cases Too few cases 20.5% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 1,204 cases Too few cases 18.1% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 440 cases Too few cases 19.2% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 227 cases Too few cases 10% 11%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 306 cases Too few cases 5.5% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 437 cases Too few cases 9.6 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 954 cases Too few cases -7.3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 935 cases Too few cases -0.2 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 5,988 cases No different 13.1 per 1,000 likely 10.9 per 1,000 – 15.8 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,305 cases Worse 1.4 likely 1.1 – 1.6 —

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

235 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
Physician Assistant 29
Internal Medicine 27
Emergency Medicine 23
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 20
Acute Care 14
Family 13
Hospitalist 10
Family Medicine 8
Adult Health 7
Anesthesiology 7
Nurse Practitioner 6
Pediatrics 6

First 12 alphabetically

Money from drug and device companies

Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.

2025 total $68,200 general $21,041 · research $47,159
All years, 2019–2025 $302,152 261 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 1 4 companies paid in total
  • 2019 $55,769
  • 2020 $12,511
  • 2021 $106,634
  • 2022 $5,736
  • 2023 $33,743
  • 2024 $19,559
  • 2025 $68,200

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $19,397 6
Space rental and facility fees $1,255 11
Debt forgiveness $389 1

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Cleerly, Inc. $47,159 14
Stryker Corporation $16,476 6
Linvatec Corporation $3,310 1
Abbott Laboratories $1,255 11

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

Study Amount
Paramount Cleerly, Inc. $47,159

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.

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 Cjw Medical Center

Is Cjw Medical Center a good hospital?

Cjw Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Cjw Medical Center?

64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,303 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Cjw Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 47 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Cjw Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $68,200 in payments to Cjw Medical Center for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.