Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Gadsden
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Gadsden is a Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Gadsden, AL, certified since 2001.
Address801 Goodyear Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903
Phone(256) 439-5000
OwnershipFor-profit
Medicare certifiedAugust 2001
CountyEtowah
CMS Certification Number013032
Rehabilitation quality
CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Gadsden reports inpatient rehabilitation quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 72% here, against 67% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on returned home or to the community and preventable readmissions during the stay.
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 999 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
72%
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 1,073 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
10%
U.S. 9.4%
Same as 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 1,144 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
3.7%
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 961 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
85%
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 961 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
86%
U.S. 65%
Met expected mobility at discharge
Patients at or above the expected ability to move around when they left. Based on 961 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
80%
U.S. 62%
Safety
Falls with major injury
Patients who had one or more falls with a major injury during their stay. Based on 1,126 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 1,122 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
0.4%
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.
0.49
U.S. 1.00
Same as national
C. diff infections
Standardized infection ratio for Clostridioides difficile infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.53
U.S. 0.34
Same as national
Medications reviewed
Patients whose medicines were reviewed, with follow-up when a problem was found. Based on 1,126 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 1,003 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 119 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 307 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.
58%
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 1,114 patients. Oct 2022 – Sep 2024.
1.04
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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