Source: CMS Care Compare, July 2026 releaseER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data
Visiting VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System
Biloxi, MS 39531
County: Harrison Directions Apple Maps Call (228) 523-5000
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Nearby hospitals
- 2.1mi Usaf Medical Center Keesler Keesler AFB, MS Call Usaf Medical Center Keesler Directions to Usaf Medical Center Keesler (Google Maps) Details for Usaf Medical Center Keesler
- 2.1mi 81st Medical Group (Keesler AFB) Biloxi, MS · Emergency room · median ER visit 1 hr 55 min Call 81st Medical Group (Keesler AFB) Directions to 81st Medical Group (Keesler AFB) (Google Maps) Details for 81st Medical Group (Keesler AFB)
- 3.6mi Biloxi Regional Medical Center Biloxi, MS · Emergency room · median ER visit 2 hr 33 min Call Biloxi Regional Medical Center Directions to Biloxi Regional Medical Center (Google Maps) Details for Biloxi Regional Medical Center
Quick answers about VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System
What is the phone number for VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System?
The main phone number for VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System is (228) 523-5000, from Medicare's hospital records.
Call (228) 523-5000What is the address of VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System?
VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System is at 400 Veterans Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39531.
Directions (opens Google Maps)Does VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System have an emergency room?
Yes. VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System has an emergency department, according to Medicare data.
What is VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System's Medicare star rating?
VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Star ratings come from CMS quality and safety measures, not patient reviews.
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System. 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 VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System. For a medical emergency, call 911.
How Mississippi hospitals rank on star ratings · How we source this data · Something wrong on this page? Tell us
What patients say
CMS patient survey (HCAHPS) · 307 completed surveys · patients discharged Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Patients gave VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System a 4-star patient experience rating out of 5. 81% would definitely recommend it (U.S. average 71%). 81% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
The patient survey (HCAHPS) asks a random sample of adult patients about their recent hospital stay. CMS adjusts the results for the mix of patients and how the survey was done, so hospitals can be compared fairly. About the data.
Compare VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System
Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Its rate of serious complications was same as national.
Serious complications
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Heart failure patients | 10.3% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia patients | 11.4% | 15.2% |
| COPD patients | 7.8% | 8.6% |
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 4.1% | 3.9% |
Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.
Other complications
None of the other safety indicators CMS compares was statistically better or worse than national.
All 10 complication measures
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. | CMS comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores)per 1,000 patients | 0.44 | 0.63 | Same as national |
| Falls in the hospital that caused a broken boneper 1,000 patients | 0.26 | 0.27 | Same as national |
| Collapsed lung caused by a medical procedureper 1,000 patients | 0.2 | 0.21 | Same as national |
| Bleeding or blood clot under the skin after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 2.24 | 2.34 | Same as national |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 1.65 | 1.67 | Same as national |
| Respiratory failure after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 8.15 | 9.42 | Same as national |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 3.41 | 3.52 | Same as national |
| Bloodstream infection (sepsis) after surgeryper 1,000 patients | 5.02 | 5.27 | Same as national |
| Surgical wound splitting openper 1,000 patients | 1.73 | 1.77 | Same as national |
| Accidental cuts or tears during abdominal surgeryper 1,000 patients | 1.03 | 1.06 | Same as national |
"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.
Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients · Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Back in the hospital within 30 days
| After a stay for | This hospital | U.S. | CMS comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart failure | 20% | 21.3% | Not compared |
| Pneumonia | 16.6% | 17.3% | Not compared |
| COPD (chronic lung disease) | 18.8% | 20% | Not compared |
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
VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Sepsis: got all recommended early treatmentPatients with severe sepsis or septic shock who received every step of the recommended early care bundle. Higher is better. 43 patients. | 44% | 65% |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 12,598 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 3,103 patients. | 79% | 78% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 36 patients. | 97% | 93% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 466 patients. | 76% | 90%* |
| Blood clot prevention given in intensive careHigher is better. 59 patients. | 71% | 97%* |
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. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Care after a stay at VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
Skilled nursing facilities nearby
- 1.5mi The Pillars of Biloxi Biloxi, MS · 180 beds Medicare overall 1 of 5 stars · Short-stay quality 1 of 5
- 3.4mi Greenbriar Nursing Center Diberville, MS · 103 beds Medicare overall 2 of 5 stars · Short-stay quality 3 of 5
- 11mi Lakeview Nursing Center Gulfport, MS · 105 beds Medicare overall 3 of 5 stars · Short-stay quality 3 of 5
Skilled nursing ratings and inspections at Nursing Homes In Each State
Dialysis centers nearby See more
- 3.3mi FMC BiloxiBiloxi, MS
- 3.4mi DaVita Gulf Islands HT at HomeDiberville, MS
- 3.4mi FMC DibervilleDiberville, MS
Home health agencies nearby See more
- 3.4mi Saad Home Health and Hospice of MsDiberville, MS · 89% would recommend
- 5.4mi Enhabit Home Health of the Gulf CoastGulfport, MS · 84% would recommend
- 6.2mi Adoration Home HealthBiloxi, MS · 77% would recommend
Hospice care providers nearby See more
- 3.4mi Saad Hospice of MississippiDiberville, MS · 93% would recommend Not rated
- 6.2mi Southern Care INC DBA GentivaBiloxi, MS · 84% would recommend
- 6.2mi Deaconess HospiceBiloxi, MS · 78% would recommend
Source: CMS Care Compare. Distances are approximate.
Find doctors in Biloxi
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Biloxi, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
The area around VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Harrison are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.
Mental health: Harrison is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 13.
Dental: Parts of Harrison are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Mississippi earn a median $77,090 a year. Healthcare salaries in Mississippi.
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. Mississippi shortage areas
Closest other hospitals
Healthcare pay in Mississippi
Registered nurses across Mississippi (all employers) earned a median of $77,090 a year (BLS, May 2025).Registered Nurse (RN) salary in MississippiNurse Practitioner salary in MississippiRespiratory Therapist salary in MississippiHealthcare salaries in Mississippi
Add this rating badge to your website
The badge updates automatically when CMS publishes new ratings. The compact and footer-strip sizes fit site footers and sidebars. All badge sizes and help.
Cite this data
Writing about VA Gulf Coast Healthcare System? You're welcome to quote these figures. They are free to use under CC BY 4.0: please credit HospitalsInEachState.com and link to this page.