Caro Community HospitalCaro, MI
Caro Community Hospital is a non-profit critical access hospital in Caro, Michigan, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 12 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 31 min shorter than the Michigan average of 2 hr 43 min.
- Time ZoneEST
- CountyTuscola
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS26157
- Area Code989
Visiting Caro Community Hospital
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 12 minutes in the emergency department at Caro Community Hospital. That is 1 hour 31 minutes shorter than the Michigan average of 2 hours 43 minutes.
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 Caro Community Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients
On the 1 readmission and return-visit measures CMS could compare, Caro Community Hospital was no different from the national rate or its expected level.
Return trips after a stay or procedure
Readmission rates count Medicare patients who were admitted to any acute-care hospital within 30 days of leaving this one, adjusted for how sick they were. "Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national rate statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Return-day and outpatient-surgery measures compare the hospital with what CMS expected for its own patients. The Readmissions Reduction Program ratios are shown as CMS publishes them; whether a hospital's payments are reduced depends on how its ratios compare with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone doesn't mean a penalty. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Caro Community Hospital's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 333 patients. | 72 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 23 patients. | 227 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 31 patients. | 234 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 6,880 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 147 patients. | 44% | 78% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 32 patients. | 94% | 93% |
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.
Doctors at Caro Community Hospital
35 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 11 specialties.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Sep 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 Michigan hospital finances.
Who owns Caro Community Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Mclaren Caro Region, a non-profit organization.
64 doctors and other clinicians list Caro Community Hospital 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.
Non-profit finances
IRS Form 990 · tax year ending Sep 2023 · Mclaren Caro Region (EIN 38-3426063)
As filed with the IRS by Mclaren Caro Region. Matched by name and address, so check the filing to confirm it's the right organization. See the full Form 990 filings · Non-profit hospital finances.
The area around Caro Community Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Tuscola are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 11.
Mental health: Tuscola is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 12.
Dental: Parts of Tuscola are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Michigan earn a median $94,300 a year. Healthcare salaries in Michigan.
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. Michigan shortage areas
Find doctors in Caro
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Caro, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.