Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart

Hospital in Stuttgart, AR, Medicare certification number 040072. CMS publishes 27 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 040072The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Terminated Other: provider status change, Jan 25, 2026
Provider type: Hospital – Short-term
Listed by Care Compare as: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Control type: Private (not for profit)
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: Jul 31, 2025
Beds: 49
Overall star rating: 3 of 5Care Compare
Most recent change of ownership: Jan 1, 2009 (1 total)
Address: 1703 North Buerkle St
Stuttgart, AR 72160
(870) 673-3511

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 0

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Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (9)

Cleanliness - star rating — 15
Communication about medicines - star rating — 15
Discharge information - star rating — 15
Doctor communication - star rating — 15
Nurse communication - star rating — 15
Overall hospital rating - star rating — 15
Quietness - star rating — 15
Recommend hospital - star rating — 15
Summary star rating — 15

Complications and deaths 7

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CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.98
- State average 1.04 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected10
- State average 11.67 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 37 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected17.8
- State average 16.22 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 79 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate Worse5.5
- State average 4.44 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- Worse than the national rate
- 119 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.21
- State average 0.22 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 341 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.27
- State average 0.28 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 344 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.58
- State average 0.73 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 261 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (13)

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate — 1
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 7
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5
Death rate for COPD patients — 1
Death rate for heart attack patients — 1
Death rate for stroke patients — 1
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate — 1
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate — 1
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate — 1
Postoperative respiratory failure rate — 1
Postoperative sepsis rate — 1
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate — 7
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients — 1

Infections 0

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Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) — 13
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) — 13
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) — 13
MRSA Bacteremia — 13
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 12
SSI - Colon Surgery — 12

Outpatient imaging 2

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Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 6.8
- State average 7.66 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 2.9
- State average 6.84 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024

Spending per patient 1

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Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 0.98
- State average 1.03
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 10

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Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 50
- State average 68
- National average 65
- 12 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time all patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, including psychiatric/mental health patients and patients who were transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 113
- State average 156
- National average 168
- 376 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 183
- State average 239
- National average 287
- 56 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better 106
- State average 150
- National average 162
- 306 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 184
- State average 226
- National average 257
- 16 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
- State average 94
- National average 93
- 28 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 56
- State average 78
- National average 78
- 243 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Left before being seen 3
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 8,246 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 8
- State average 16
- National average 15
- 88 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 67
- State average 82
- National average 81
- 12 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (20)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 1
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 1
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy — 1
Emergency department volume — low
Global Malnutrition Composite Score — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Diagnosis Documented — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Risk Screening — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutrition Assessment — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutritional Care Plan — 5
Head CT results — 1
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia — 5
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle — 1, 3
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle — 5
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle — 1
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5

Unplanned visits 7

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Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.9
- State average 21.64 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 39 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 30.9
- State average 6.34 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 41 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 18.5
- State average 4.76 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 68 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.4
- State average 17.32 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 77 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.2
- State average 19.7 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 32 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected12.9
- State average 13.1 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 109 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1.1
- State average 1 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 31 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (7)

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate — 1
Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 7
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement — 1
Rate of readmission for CABG — 5

Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart CCN 041337, Stuttgart, AR

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