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Summersville Regional Medical Center

400 Fairview Heights Road, Summersville, WV 26651

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

Summersville Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 10 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 16 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 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 77% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 5/5 347 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 0 better of 10 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 347 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
77%
WV 73% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
81%
WV 74% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
88%
WV 84% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
89%
WV 82% · US 80% · 5 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
72%
WV 66% · US 62% · 5 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
91%
WV 88% · US 86% · 5 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
83%
WV 77% · US 74% · 5 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
61%
WV 58% · US 60% · 4 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. 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 · 364 visits sampled 2 h 16 min 2 h 17 min 2 h 42 min
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 22 patients 68% 52% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 72 patients 69% 61% 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 647 cases Too few cases 5.9% 3.9%
Heart failure 32 cases Too few cases 13.6% 11.1%
Pneumonia 116 cases Too few cases 22.3% 15.2%
Stroke 43 cases Too few cases 15.3% 11.9%
COPD 53 cases Too few cases 8.7% 8.6%

2 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 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 94 cases Too few cases 22.9% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 217 cases Too few cases 19.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 141 cases Too few cases 20.7% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 34 cases Too few cases 52.2 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 124 cases Too few cases 83.6 days 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

45 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
Pharmacist 4
Emergency Medicine 3
Medical 3
Nurse Practitioner 3
Physician Assistant 3
Surgery 3
Diagnostic Radiology 2
Family 2
Family Medicine 2
Internal Medicine 2
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 2
Obstetrics & Gynecology 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 Summersville Regional Medical Center

Is Summersville Regional Medical Center a good hospital?

Summersville Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 10 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 Summersville Regional Medical Center?

77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 347 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Summersville Regional Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 16 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.