Healthsouth Bakersfield HospBakersfield, CA
Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp is a for-profit rehabilitation hospital in Bakersfield, California.
- Time ZonePST
- CountyKern
- FIPS6029
- Area Code661
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Rehabilitation quality
CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025
Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp reports inpatient rehabilitation quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 69% here, against 67% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on c. diff infections. It is worse than national on preventable readmissions during the stay.
Results
Safety
Cost
Source: CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.
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 California hospital finances.
Who owns Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bakersfield, LLC .
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 Healthsouth Bakersfield Hosp
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Kern are federally designated health professional shortage areas (19 designations). Highest shortage score 19.
Mental health: Parts of Kern are federally designated health professional shortage areas (10 designations). Highest shortage score 20.
Dental: Parts of Kern are federally designated health professional shortage areas (15 designations). Highest shortage score 22.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in California earn a median $140,270 a year. Healthcare salaries in California.
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. California shortage areas
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