Black Health
Acute Care

Sells Hospital

Highway 86, At Topawa Road, Sells, AZ 85634 · (520) 362-7003

Ownership

Tribal

Tribal

CMS Provider #

030074

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(520) 362-7003

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

Not reported

Safety

Not reported

Readmission

Not reported

Patient experience

Not reported

Timely & effective

Not reported

Sells Hospital in context

SELLS HOSPITAL is an acute-care hospital in Sells, Arizona, running as a tribal health facility. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 030074, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS has not assigned an overall Hospital Compare star rating to this facility — usually because the hospital reports too few of the measure groups to qualify, which is common for critical-access hospitals and specialty facilities. CMS has not released stratified measure-group performance for this facility in the current Hospital Compare release. CMS's composite rating weights mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care across all reporting measures; it is not stratified by patient race.

Operationally: SELLS HOSPITAL operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay).

Statewide context: Arizona operates one of the nation's only all-managed-care state Medicaid systems through AHCCCS — every Medicaid enrollee is assigned to a plan and hospital reimbursement flows through the plan contract rather than fee-for-service.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at SELLS HOSPITAL in Sells, Arizona, a few concrete steps:

  • Bring an advocate. National data from CDC's Black maternal mortality review show the single biggest reduction in missed-diagnosis rates comes from a second set of ears in the room — a partner, a doula, a family member. Ask in advance that they be credentialed as a visitor; the hospital cannot turn away a designated support person.
  • If you need ongoing primary care, our Arizona provider directory filters to physicians who accept Medicaid and speak Spanish / Haitian Creole / ASL where relevant. Filter to your insurance first.
  • If the hospital doesn't take your coverage, the closest Federally Qualified Health Center is listed under our FQHCs in this area. FQHCs serve every patient on a sliding-fee scale regardless of insurance status.
  • For help paying for care, the state Medicaid navigator at /medicaid/arizona/ explains eligibility, documents, and how to apply (same-day presumptive eligibility for pregnancy).
  • If you are treated dismissively or your pain is ignored, every Medicare-certified hospital is required by CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.13) to have a grievance procedure; file in writing and request the CMS regional office contact if the hospital ombuds does not respond within seven days.

Alternatives & nearby care

Sliding-scale clinics

FQHCs near Sells

Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.

Providers

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State rollup

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References & primary sources

  • CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (the primary source for overall star rating, measure-group counts, ownership, ER, birthing-friendly flag): data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u.
  • CMS Care Compare facility profile — this hospital's public page: Care Compare.gov search by CCN.
  • 42 CFR Part 482 — Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (source for grievance-procedure rights + EMTALA): ecfr.gov / Title 42 Part 482.
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — the obstetric safety bundles underlying the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: saferbirth.org.

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