Baptist Health - van Buren, Van Buren, AR

Infections, complications and deaths

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.

Timely and effective care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

Baptist Health - van Buren's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.

CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.

Medicare spending and payment programs

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.

Size and finances

Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024

As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Arkansas hospital finances.

Who owns Baptist Health - van Buren

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Baptist Health Regional Hospitals .

54 doctors and other clinicians list Baptist Health - van Buren as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Baptist Health - van Buren

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Crawford are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.

Mental health: Parts of Crawford are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.

Dental: Parts of Crawford are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Arkansas earn a median $78,940 a year. Healthcare salaries in Arkansas.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Arkansas shortage areas