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Beckley Arh Hospital

306 Stanaford Road, Beckley, WV 25801

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Beckley Arh Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 39 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 69% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 196 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 1 better of 18 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 196 completed surveys, 21% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
69%
WV 73% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
67%
WV 74% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
81%
WV 84% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
76%
WV 82% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
58%
WV 66% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
86%
WV 88% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
68%
WV 77% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
53%
WV 58% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital West 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 low; 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 WV US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 375 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min 3 h 39 min 2 h 17 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 38 visits sampled 7 h 38 min 3 h 48 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 17,823 patients 3% 2% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 333 patients 55% 61% 65%

How Beckley Arh 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
Beckley Arh HospitalThis hospital3/569%3 h 39 min1 better 2 worse
Beckley VA Medical CenterSame city5/582%—2 better
Raleigh General HospitalSame city2/551%3 h 14 min2 better 3 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 Beckley.

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 940 cases Too few cases 4.6% 3.9%
Heart attack 91 cases Too few cases 11.6% 11.9%
Heart failure 146 cases Too few cases 10.5% 11.1%
Pneumonia 267 cases Too few cases 13.8% 15.2%
Stroke 55 cases Too few cases 15.4% 11.9%
COPD 49 cases Too few cases 6.8% 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.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.84 likely 0.42 – 1.26 1
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 39 cases No different 167.87 per 1,000 likely 108.47 per 1,000 – 227.26 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,689 cases No different 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.18 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,046 cases No different 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,167 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 260 cases No different 2.15 per 1,000 likely 0.49 per 1,000 – 3.82 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 44 cases No different 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 49 cases No different 8.44 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 18.1 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 267 cases No different 3.1 per 1,000 likely 0.61 per 1,000 – 5.59 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 34 cases No different 5.17 per 1,000 likely 0.86 per 1,000 – 9.49 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 34 cases No different 1.74 per 1,000 likely 0.22 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 200 cases No different 1.02 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.1 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

1 more measure 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.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.68 likely 0.03 – 3.36 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections No different 1.12 likely 0.57 – 2 1

3 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 a heart attack 127 cases Too few cases 15.2% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 245 cases Too few cases 22.9% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 440 cases Too few cases 17.1% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 123 cases Too few cases 19.2% 20%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 82 cases Too few cases -9.1 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 154 cases Too few cases 51.7 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 274 cases Too few cases 61.5 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 315 cases No different 12.9 per 1,000 likely 9.6 per 1,000 – 17.3 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 63 cases No different 1 likely 0.7 – 1.4 —

5 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

54 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 13
Physical Therapist 4
Physical Therapy Assistant 4
Speech-Language Pathologist 4
Family 3
Occupational Therapist 3
Occupational Therapy Assistant 3
Physician Assistant 3
Anesthesiology 2
Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine 2
Diagnostic Radiology 2
Dietitian, Registered 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.

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Common questions about Beckley Arh Hospital

Is Beckley Arh Hospital a good hospital?

Beckley Arh Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 18 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Beckley Arh Hospital?

69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 196 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Beckley Arh Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 39 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 3% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.