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Blessing Hospital

An acute care hospital in Quincy, Illinois 62301

1005 Broadway St, Quincy, Illinois 62301. (217) 223-1200.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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 Aug 21, 2026: a complaint inspection.

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years.

Source:

CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, as cited

Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.

Source:

CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

Aug 22, 2025: complaint inspection3 deficiencies

  • Patient Rights: Care In Safe Setting

    The inspectors’ words, 200 words

    “PATIENT RIGHTS: CARE IN SAFE SETTING CFR(s): 482.13(c)(2) The patient has the right to receive care in a safe setting. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50688 Based on record review, and staff interview, 1 of 10 patients (pt #1), the Hospital failed to provide care to ensure the safety of the patient. Findings include: 1. The physician of record was notified of a patient fall on 7/3/2025 in which the patient complained of knee pain following the fall. No assessment of the patient by a physician or advanced practice provider was completed following the fall and subsequent change in condition. 2. Following transfer of the patient from the hospital bed to a wheelchair, prior to discharge on 7/3/2025, the patient complained to the House Supervisor of new-onset ankle pain. The physician was not notified of the change in condition. No assessment of the patient by a physician or associated advanced practice provider was completed following the change in condition. 3. The Administrative Coordinator of Regulatory Compliance, E #1, and Associate Chief Nursing Officer, E #3, verbally agreed an assessment of the patient by a physician or associated Advanced Practice provider should have been completed following each occurrence.”

    Rule A0144. Standard-level. From a complaint.

  • Rn Supervision Of Nursing Care

    The inspectors’ words, 218 words

    “RN SUPERVISION OF NURSING CARE CFR(s): 482.23(b)(3) A registered nurse must supervise and evaluate the nursing care for each patient. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50688 Based on record review, document review, and staff interview for 1 of 10 patients (pt #1), the Hospital failed to supervise and evaluate the nursing care for each patient per Hospital policy. Findings include: 1. During review of Pt #1’s record, it was found that nursing staff failed to document a patient’s change in condition post fall and following complaint by the patient of knee pain, ankle pain following transfer from the patient bed to a wheelchair, and notifying the facilities HART (High Acuity Response Team) nurse of a fall per the Falls Prevention: SAFE policy attachment “Blessing Hospital Post Fall Guideline & 48 Hour Post Fall Process.” 2. Review of the Hospital’s Falls Prevention: SAFE policy states, “Appendix: Blessing Hospital Post Fall Guidelines & 48 Hour Post Fall Process ...Immediate Post Fall Procedure ...If apparent injury-notify HART Nurse of patient fall and request review.” 3. In an interview with the Administrative Coordinator-Regulatory Compliance, E #1, on 8/21/2025 at approximately 11:30 am, E #1 verbally agreed the HART Nurse should have been called, and was not called after a fall with apparent injury and a review was not completed.”

    Rule A0395. Standard-level. From a complaint.

  • Nursing Care Plan

    The inspectors’ words, 570 words

    “NURSING CARE PLAN CFR(s): 482.23(b)(4) The hospital must ensure that the nursing staff develops, and keeps current, a nursing care plan for each patient that reflects the patient’s goals and the nursing care to be provided to meet the patient’s needs. The nursing care plan may be part of an interdisciplinary care plan. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50688 A.) Based on record review, document review, and staff interview for 1 of 10 patients (Pt #1), the Hospital failed ensure the nursing care plan reflected the nursing care provided to meet the patient’s needs per Hospital policy. Findings include: 1. During record review it was found that nursing staff failed ensure the medical record reflects the nursing care provided per the Hospital’s Discharge Planning policy as evidenced by the following: a. No medical record entries were made to document a change in patient condition which had the potential to change the patient’s discharge needs. b. No Physician order was documented to indicate the patient was able to continue to discharge with current orders following the patient fall. c. No Physician order was documented to indicate the need for evaluation of the patient after a change in the patient’s condition. 2. Review of the Hospital’s Discharge Planning Policy (Last approved 03/2025) states, “6. If at any other time during the patient’s hospital stay, needs are identified by other members of the health care team, Inpatient Care Coordination staff are notified and the appropriate action is taken. a. The patient’s discharge plan is reassessed if there are changes that may affect continuing care needs or the appropriateness of the discharge plan.” 3. During an interview with the Administrative Coordinator-Regulatory compliance, E #1, on 7/21/2025 at approximately 11:40 am, E #1 agreed the patient’s discharge plan was not reassessed when there was a change in condition that may affect continuing care needs or the appropriateness of the discharge plan per hospital policy. B.) Based on record review, document review and staff interview for 1 of 10 patients(pt #1), the Hospital failed ensure documentation of the nursing care provided was entered in a timely manner. Findings include: 1. During record review it was found that nursing staff failed to document point of care/concurrent charting (real time) per the Hospital’s Knowledge Based Documentation (02/2023) as evidenced by the following: a. The nursing note dated and timed for 7/3/2025 at 12:10 (12:10pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:12 (8:12pm). b. The nursing note dated and timed for 7/3/2025 at 14:45 (2:45pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:13 (8:13pm). c. The nursing note dated and timed for 7/3/2025 at 15:15 (3:15pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:13 (8:13pm). d. The nursing note dated and timed for 7/3/2025 at 17:29 (7:29pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:17 (8:17pm). e. The nursing note dated and timed 7/3/2025 at 17:30 (7:30pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:17 (8:17pm). f. The nursing noted dated and timed for 7/3/2025 at 17:30 (7:30pm) was entered on 7/3/2025 at 20:21 (8:21pm). 2. Review of the Hospital’s Knowledge Based Documentation policy states, “Point of Care/Concurrent Charting (Real Time)-charting immediately or within one hour to two hours of the care rendered; intent is documentation at bedside, at time care is provided.” 3. During an interview with the Administrative Coordinator-Regulatory compliance, E #1, on 7/21/2025 at approximately 11:40 am, E #1 verbally agreed that the nursing notes were not entered timely, per hospital policy.”

    Rule A0396. Standard-level. From a complaint.

All 6 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 21, 2026Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited
Jan 16, 2026Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited
Dec 18, 2025Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited
Nov 26, 2025Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited
Aug 22, 2025Complaint inspection3 deficiencies cited
May 8, 2025Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited

How do patients fare?

  • CMS’s overall for it is 4 of 5.
  • Of the measures behind its , CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 8; safety of care, 2 better and 0 worse of 7; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 11.
  • Patients rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (431 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 68% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 67% 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; MRSA bloodstream infections, 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 12.3%, heart failure 14.3%, pneumonia 17.9%, COPD 8.7%, stroke 9.8%, heart bypass surgery 3.3%. 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 attack 13.8%, heart failure 21.1%, pneumonia 17%, COPD 21.8%, heart bypass surgery 11.7%, hip or knee replacement 5.7%. 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; hospital admissions after outpatient chemotherapy, no different than the national rate; emergency visits after outpatient chemotherapy, no different than the national rate; unplanned hospital visits after outpatient surgery, no different than expected.
  • Emergency department patients spent a median of 167 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 1% left before being seen.
  • 73% 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 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
Source:

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.

Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 54 of 5
Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 53 of 5

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
  • Ownership: voluntary non-profit - private.
  • It is accredited by DNV, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
  • No deficiency on record in the last three years.
  • It has an inpatient rehabilitation unit of 16 beds, which CMS lists apart as a rehabilitation facility.
  • Voluntary non-profit - Private.
Source:

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.
  • 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
Source:

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 4 of 5.
  • 97% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
Source:

CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Who owns it?

  • Blessing Corporate Services, Inc. runs it.
  • 17 owners or officers are people: Mohamed Ali (corporate director); Amy Ruebush (corporate director); Nancy Bluhm (corporate director); Patrick Gerveler (corporate officer); Patrick Gerveler (corporate director); Abby Reich (corporate director); John Arnold (corporate director); Mark Baumann (corporate director); Timothy Koontz (corporate director); Timothy Tranor (corporate officer); Timothy Tranor (corporate director); Timothy Tranor (runs it (operational or managerial control)); William H Dixon (corporate director); James Rinella (corporate director); Julie Brink (corporate director); Steven Krause (corporate director); Julie Duke (corporate officer, 0%).
  • CMS’s Provider of Services file records 4 changes of ownership.
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

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.

How does it compare nearby?

  • No other hospital CMS lists is in Adams County.
Source:

CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.

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.

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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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