Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside
An acute care hospital in Columbus, Georgia 31909
100 Frist Court, Columbus, Georgia 31909. (706) 494-2101.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 5of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 3of 5 patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 100 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Feb 18, 2026: a complaint inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Feb 18, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Supervision Of Contract Staff
The inspectors’ words, 759 words
“SUPERVISION OF CONTRACT STAFF CFR(s): 482.23(b)(6) All licensed nurses who provide services in the hospital must adhere to the policies and procedures of the hospital. The director of nursing service must provide for the adequate supervision and evaluation of all nursing personnel which occur within the responsibility of the nursing service, regardless of the mechanism through which those personnel are providing services (that is, hospital employee, contract, lease, other agreement, or volunteer). This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 45841 Based on interview, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure hospital policies and procedures to assess patient telemetry rhythms and verify telemetry boxes were followed for 3 (Patients #1, #4, and #5) of 3 sampled patients reviewed for telemetry. The failure had the likelihood of delaying care and not identifying changes in a patient’s condition. Findings included: A facility policy titled, “Telemetry Monitoring,” effective 06/25/2025, indicated “B. Shift Documentation 1. Verify and document rate and rhythm in the EMR [electronic medical record] upon admission and every shift. 2. Verify and document tele box number upon initiation of telemetry and every shift.” 1. Patient #1’s history and physical revealed the facility admitted the patient on 11/12/2025 for acute respiratory failure with hypoxia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and hyponatremia. Patient #1’s physician orders revealed an order dated 11/12/2025, for telemetry monitoring of the patient’s continuous supplemental oxygen. Patient #1’s “Telemetry Box Number” flowsheet revealed no evidence of supplemental oxygen monitoring for the day and night shift on 11/13/2025. During a concurrent record review and interview on 2/18/2026 at 4:37 PM, the Director of Inpatient Services reviewed Resident #1’s medical record and stated that she did not see the tele box documented from day or night shift on 11/13/2025. 2. Patient #4’s history and physical revealed the facility admitted the patient on 10/16/2025 for a gastrointestinal bleed, sepsis, and acute duodenitis with ulceration and micro perforation. Patient #4’s physician orders revealed an order dated 10/16/2025 for telemetry monitoring. Patient #4’s medical record revealed no evidence of telemetry monitoring for the patient until 10/19/2025 at 9:55 AM when the patient moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). During a concurrent record review and interview on 02/17/2026 at 4:33 PM, Senior Informatics Specialist (SIS) #7 reviewed Patient #4’s medical record and stated there was no tele box verification documented and no rhythm documentation for Patient #4. Per SIS #7, the only documentation of telemetry monitoring for the patient was from when the patient moved to the ICU. 3. Patient #5’s history and physical revealed the facility admitted the patient on 12/09/2025 for severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction, acute kidney injury, bilateral lower leg cellulitis, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, and hyponatremia. Patient #5’s physician orders revealed an order dated 12/08/2025 for telemetry monitoring. Patient #5’s medical record was reviewed for verification and documentation of telemetry box and documentation of rhythm by nursing each shift from 12/13/2025 to 12/14/2025. The record revealed no documentation of the patient’s rhythm documented on 12/13/2025 night shift. The record also revealed no documentation of verification of the telemetry box on 12/13/2025 day and night shift and 12/14/2025 day shift. During a concurrent record review and interview on 02/17/2026 at 4:20 PM, Senior Informatics Specialist #7 reviewed Patient #5’s medical record and stated that there was no telemetry box verification documented for Patient #5 for day or night on 12/13/2025 or on day shift on 12/14/2025. During a telephone interview on 02/18/2026 at 2:11 PM, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #9 stated telemetry documentation was supposed to occur once a shift. LPN #9 stated each patient on telemetry was assigned a telemetry box and number, and when she called to speak to telemetry, the telemetry box would also be confirmed. During an interview on 02/18/2026 at 2:27 PM, Registered Nurse (RN) #10 stated the flowsheet was where telemetry monitoring was documented. RN #10 stated if a patient was on telemetry monitoring, the expectation was that information was documented at least once per shift but also with any changes. During an interview on 02/18/2026, at 2:48 PM, RN #11 stated the staff were required to document a patient’s telemetry box number and rhythm every shift in the nursing flowsheet within the patient’s electronic medical record. During an interview on 02/18/2026 at 4:39 PM, the Director of Inpatient Services stated the expectation was that the nurses touched based with the monitor technicians about patients on telemetry monitoring to establish the patient’s rate, rhythm, and tele box once a shift, and that it was documented once a shift.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- CMS’s overall CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. for it is 5 of 5.
- Of the measures behind its CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System., CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 6; safety of care, 1 better and 0 worse of 6; readmission, 2 better and 0 worse of 7.
- Patients rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (643 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 77% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 80% would definitely recommend it.
- Infections, compared by CMS with the national benchmark (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), no different than national benchmark; catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; C. diff infections, better than the national benchmark.
- CMS’s patient safety composite for serious complications, PSI 90, Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2024: no different than the national value.
- Deaths within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025): heart attack 11.6%, heart failure 12%, pneumonia 14.3%, COPD 8.6%, stroke 9.2%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): heart failure 17.8%, pneumonia 17.2%, COPD 20.1%, hip or knee replacement 5%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- After outpatient care, compared by CMS: unplanned hospital visits after a colonoscopy, no different than the national rate; unplanned hospital visits after outpatient surgery, no different than expected.
- Emergency department patients spent a median of 200 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 2% left before being seen.
- 65% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock got the care CMS measures, SEP-1 (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025).
- Medicare’s spending per patient here is 1.07 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, Hospital General Information, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Complications and Deaths - Hospital and Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital. Released Sep 30, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 3 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Oct 25, 1984.
- Ownership: proprietary.
- It is not accredited by a private organisation, so the state carries out its routine inspections for Medicare.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- Proprietary.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals.
- Not among the hospitals whose Medicare payments CMS cut under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program for fiscal year 2026.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated yearly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In CMS’s patient survey, patients rate how well its nurses communicated 3 of 5.
- 56% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Piedmont Healthcare Inc. runs it.
- 17 owners or officers are people: John Hester (corporate director); Shane B Darrah (corporate director); Shane B Darrah (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Thomas Arnold (corporate officer); Michael J Mandl (corporate director, 0%); Laura Drew (corporate officer); Susan Mcwhirter (corporate director); Jennifer Upshaw (corporate director); Maurice S Hill (corporate officer); Maurice S Hill (managing employee (on the payroll)); Todd S Jarrell (corporate director); Travis Wade (corporate director); Matt Loudermilk (corporate director); Beverley A Townsend (corporate director); Robert C Cross (corporate officer); William E Roundtree (corporate director); Warren Steele (corporate director).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 2 changes of ownership, the latest on Jul 1, 2009.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Healthcare Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Mar 1, 2018 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 4 hospitals CMS lists in Muscogee County, 3 have an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 5 of 5, 1 rated 3 of 5, 1 rated 2 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 5 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 2 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | 3 |
| West Central Georgia Regional Hospital | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals, so none are shown. The one payment cut CMS publishes for each hospital, under its Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, is shown where it applies.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Most hospitals are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In its September 2026 release CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for death and readmission rates, though it gives the rates.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital.
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital (77hc-ibv8).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Complications and Deaths - Hospital (ynj2-r877).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital (632h-zaca).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital (yv7e-xc69).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital (rrqw-56er).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (yq43-i98g).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated yearly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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