St Charles Medical Center Prineville
384 Se Combs Flat Road, Prineville, OR 97754 · (541) 447-6254
Ownership
Non-profit
Voluntary non-profit - Private
CMS Hospital Compare measure groups
Mortality
2
measures reported
Safety
1
measures reported
Readmission
4
measures reported
1 better than national
Patient experience
8
HCAHPS dimensions
Timely & effective
9
measures reported
St Charles Medical Center Prineville in context
ST CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER PRINEVILLE is a critical-access hospital in Prineville, Oregon, running as a non-profit hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 381313, 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. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 2 mortality measures reported with none flagged; 1 safety measures reported with none flagged; 1 better of 4 readmission. 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: ST CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER PRINEVILLE operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay).
Statewide context: Oregon Hospital Guide publishes hospital-level quality + cost data. OHSU in Portland is the state's only academic medical center and the primary tertiary referral site.
For Black patients
If you are a Black patient being seen at ST CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER PRINEVILLE in Prineville, Oregon, 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 Oregon 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/oregon/ 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 Prineville
Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.
Providers
Providers in OR
Filter our directory to OR — by specialty, language, Medicaid acceptance.
State rollup
All hospitals in Oregon
Safety-net systems, state scorecard, rollups by CMS star rating.
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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