Black Health
CommonSpirit Health Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Chi Health St. Francis

2620 West Faidley Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803 · (308) 384-4600

CMS rating

4/5

Overall hospital rating

Ownership

Non-profit

Voluntary non-profit - Church

CMS Provider #

280023

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(308) 384-4600

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

6

measures reported

Safety

5

measures reported

1 better than national

Readmission

7

measures reported

Patient experience

8

HCAHPS dimensions

Timely & effective

9

measures reported

Chi Health St. Francis in context

CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS is an acute-care hospital in Grand Island, Nebraska, running as a faith-based non-profit hospital and operates as part of CommonSpirit Health. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 280023, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS Hospital Compare assigns this facility an overall rating of 4 of 5 stars — above the national median. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 6 mortality measures reported with none flagged; 1 better of 5 safety; 7 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: CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS 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: Nebraska Medicine in Omaha anchors the University of Nebraska Medical Center and carries most statewide tertiary admissions, including the federally designated biocontainment unit.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS in Grand Island, Nebraska, 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska/ 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 Grand Island

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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