Mahaska Health Partnership
1229 C Avenue East, Oskaloosa, IA 52577 · (641) 672-3100
CMS rating
2/5
Overall hospital rating
Ownership
Public / government
Government - Local
CMS Hospital Compare measure groups
Mortality
4
measures reported
Safety
Not reported
Readmission
4
measures reported
Patient experience
8
HCAHPS dimensions
Timely & effective
7
measures reported
Mahaska Health Partnership in context
MAHASKA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP is a critical-access hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa, running as a county / municipal public hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 161379, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.
CMS Hospital Compare assigns this facility an overall rating of 2 of 5 stars — below the national median. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 4 mortality measures reported with none flagged; 4 readmission measures reported with none flagged. 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: MAHASKA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay), and the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, which requires attesting to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) obstetric safety bundles.
Statewide context: Broadlawns in Des Moines is Iowa's largest public safety-net hospital. University of Iowa Hospitals carries most statewide tertiary referrals including complex obstetric cases.
For Black patients
If you are a Black patient being seen at MAHASKA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP in Oskaloosa, Iowa, 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 Iowa 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/iowa/ 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 Oskaloosa
Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.
Providers
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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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