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Healthsouth Nittany Hospital, Pleasant Gap, PA

550 E College Ave, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823Centre County

Rehabilitation hospital 46 beds (Medicare cost report FY2025)

Independent directory · data from CMS, not from this hospital

Healthsouth Nittany Hospital is a for-profit rehabilitation hospital in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania. According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of CMS data, it reported 46 beds and 1,288 inpatient discharges to Medicare for fiscal year 2025. Medicare (CMS) has not published an overall star rating for Healthsouth Nittany Hospital.

Medicare star ratingNot ratedReason below
Beds46Medicare cost report FY2025

CMS's overall star rating covers general acute care and critical access hospitals; rehabilitation hospitals are not rated.

Source: CMS Care CompareER figures are medians, not live waitsAbout the data

Visiting Healthsouth Nittany Hospital

Address 550 E College Ave
Pleasant Gap, PA 16823
County: Centre
Directions Apple Maps Call (814) 359-3421
What to bring
  • 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
Visiting hours and parking vary: call ahead.

Official links: Website for Healthsouth Nittany Hospital (opens the hospital's site)

Quick answers about Healthsouth Nittany Hospital

What is the phone number for Healthsouth Nittany Hospital?

The main phone number for Healthsouth Nittany Hospital is (814) 359-3421, from Medicare's hospital records.

Call (814) 359-3421
What is the address of Healthsouth Nittany Hospital?

Healthsouth Nittany Hospital is at 550 E College Ave, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823.

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Quality and performance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Type Rehabilitation
Ownership For-profit

CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Healthsouth Nittany Hospital. 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 Nittany Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.

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Care after a stay at Healthsouth Nittany Hospital

Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.

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Source: CMS Care Compare. Distances are approximate.

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Rehabilitation quality

CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025

Healthsouth Nittany Hospital reports inpatient rehabilitation quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 71% here, against 67% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on returned home or to the community and preventable readmissions during the stay. It is worse than national on preventable readmissions after discharge.

Results

Returned home or to the community Medicare patients who went home (or to another community setting) after rehab and stayed out of hospitals and nursing homes for at least 31 days. Risk-standardized; CMS compares it with the national rate. Based on 1,138 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
71% U.S. 67% Better than national
Preventable readmissions after discharge Medicare patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of leaving, for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 1,156 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
12% U.S. 9.4% Worse than national
Preventable readmissions during the stay Medicare patients sent back to a hospital during their rehab stay for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 1,220 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
3.6% U.S. 4.7% Better than national
Met their expected function at discharge Patients who were at or above the expected ability to care for themselves and move around when they left. Based on 1,001 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
83% U.S. 69%
Met expected self-care at discharge Patients at or above the expected ability to care for themselves (eating, bathing, dressing) when they left. Based on 1,001 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
81% U.S. 65%
Met expected mobility at discharge Patients at or above the expected ability to move around when they left. Based on 1,001 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
72% U.S. 62%

Safety

Falls with major injury Patients who had one or more falls with a major injury during their stay. Based on 1,083 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
0.2% U.S. 0.2%
New or worsened pressure ulcers Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that were new or got worse during the stay (risk-adjusted). Based on 1,079 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
0.1% U.S. 0.9%
Catheter urinary tract infections Standardized infection ratio: actual infections divided by the number predicted. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.00 U.S. 1.00
C. diff infections Standardized infection ratio for Clostridioides difficile infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.47 U.S. 0.34 Same as national
Medications reviewed Patients whose medicines were reviewed, with follow-up when a problem was found. Based on 1,083 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 98%
Medication list sent to next provider Patients whose current medication list went to their next care provider. Based on 739 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 97%
Medication list given to patient Patients (or their family or caregiver) given a current medication list at discharge. Based on 340 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100% U.S. 99%
Staff flu vaccination Health care staff who got a flu shot for the season. Based on 247 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.
83% U.S. 77%

Cost

Medicare spending per patient Medicare spending for a rehab stay and the 30 days after, compared with the national median facility (1.00). Below 1 means less spending. Based on 1,220 patients. Oct 2022 – Sep 2024.
0.95 U.S. 1.00

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.

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Size and finances

Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025

Beds
46
Reported to Medicare, FY2025
Employees
145
Full-time equivalent
Discharges
1,288
Inpatient stays a year
Patient revenue
$32.2 million
Net of discounts
Operating margin
19.6%
On patient care

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 Pennsylvania hospital finances.

Who owns Healthsouth Nittany Hospital

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Nittany Valley, Inc., a for-profit organization, incorporated 1993.

Encompass Health Corporation Operational or managerial control · since 1993 For-profit
Encompass Health Corporation Owns 5% or more directly · 100% · since 1993 For-profit
Vanguard Group Inc Owns 5% or more indirectly · 10.1% · since 2023 Investment firm For-profit
Blackrock Inc Owns 5% or more indirectly · 9.1% · since 2023 Investment firm For-profit

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 Nittany Hospital

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Centre are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 10.

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

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Pennsylvania earn a median $96,430 a year. Healthcare salaries in Pennsylvania.

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. Pennsylvania shortage areas

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