University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics
An acute care hospital in Chicago, Illinois 60612
1740 West Taylor St Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60612. (312) 996-3900.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 4of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 3of 5 patient survey rating
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 507 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 Aug 19, 2026: a complaint inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 1 of them under EMTALA, the law requiring an emergency department to examine and stabilise anyone who comes to it.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Jan 23, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Posting Of Signs
The inspectors’ words, 372 words
“POSTING OF SIGNS CFR(s): 489.20(q) [The provider agrees,] in the case of a hospital as defined in §489.24(b), to post conspicuously in any emergency department or in a place or places likely to be noticed by all individuals entering the emergency department, as well as those individuals waiting for examination and treatment in areas other than traditional emergency departments (that is, entrance, admitting area, waiting room, treatment area) a sign (in a form specified by the Secretary) specifying the rights of individuals under section 1867 of the Act with respect to examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor; and to post conspicuously (in a form specified by the Secretary) information indicating whether or not the hospital or rural primary care hospital (e.g., critical access hospital) participates in the Medicaid program under a State plan approved under Title XIX. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50411 Based on document review, observation, and interview, it was determined that the hospital failed to ensure signage was posted conspicuously in places that are noticed by all individuals entering the emergency department and the wording was in languages of the population served by the hospital. Findings included: 1. The hospital’s policy titled, “Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act - EMTALA (Effective 6/5/2024)” was reviewed on 1/22/2025 and included, “ ...A. EMTALA Signage - 1. Each department that qualifies as a dedicated emergency department (DED), will post a conspicuous sign which notifies individuals of their EMTALA rights to obtain a medical screening exam and stabilizing treatment for emergency medical conditions and active labor ...” 2. A tour of the emergency department (ED) was conducted with the Interim Director for ED (E#4) and the Associate Chief Nursing Officer (E#8) on 1/21/2025 from 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM. The EMTALA signage (in English) was located on the wall by the walk-in entrance to the ED, the signs were approximately 8 by 11 inches and blended in with other signage. No EMTALA signage was posted by the ambulance entrance. 3. During the tour, an interview was conducted with the Associate Chief Nursing Officer (E#8). E#8 stated that EMTALA signage is posted only by the walk-in entrance to the ED and none by the ambulance entrance.”
Feb 6, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Rn Supervision Of Nursing Care
The inspectors’ words, 355 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: 34411 Based of document review and interview, it was determined that for 2 of 4 (Pt #38, Pt #42) clinical records reviewed for pain management, the Hospital failed to ensure that pain medication was adminstered timely to address complaints of severe pain. Findings include: 1. The Hospital’s Policy titled, “Pain Assessment and Management” (dated October 2021), was reviewed and required, “ ... All patients have the right to systematic, individualized pain assessment and management ... patients should be offered multimodal analgesia (pain relief) ...” 2. The clinical record of Pt #38 was reviewed. Pt #38 presented to the emergency department on 2/5/2024, with a diagnosis of sickle cell. The nursing flowsheets included a triage pain assessment conducted on 2/5/2024 at 7:50 AM, indicating the patient reported severe pain (rated 8 out a scale of 0-10, 10=worst pain). Pt #38 was roomed at 8:00 AM. A physician’s order for Morphine 10 milligrams was placed on 2/5/2024 at 8:20 AM. The Medication Administration Record (MAR) indicated that the Morphine was not administered until 9:46 AM (1 hour and 26 minutes after ordered). 3. The clinical record of Pt. #42 was reviewed. Pt. #42 presented to the (ED) on 12/28/2023 with a complaint of sepsis. The nursing flowsheets included a pain assessment conducted on 12/28/2023, at 1:45 PM, indicating the patient reported severe pain (rated at 8 out of a scale of 0-10). A physician’s order for 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen (pain medication) was placed on 12/28/2023, at 1:50 PM. The MAR indicated that pain medication (acetaminophen) was not administered until 4:53 PM, more than 3 hours later. 4. On 2/5/2024 at 2:30 PM, an interview was conducted with an ED RN (E #24). E #24 stated that pain is assessed initially in triage and then assessed every 2 hours. E #24 stated that after the patient’s labs are drawn; an order has been placed, and the patient has been roomed, pain medication can and should be administered as needed.”
All 9 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency 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 4 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, 2 better and 0 worse of 7; safety of care, 2 better and 0 worse of 8; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 9.
- Patients rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (931 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 64% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 65% 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), better than the national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy, no different than national benchmark; MRSA bloodstream infections, better than the 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 10.1%, pneumonia 11.3%, COPD 8.2%, stroke 9.4%. 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 14.6%, heart failure 21.5%, pneumonia 17.6%, COPD 19.7%, heart bypass surgery 12.2%, hip or knee replacement 7.4%. 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 298 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 4% left before being seen.
- 57% 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 1.04 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 |
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| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | 4 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 Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: government - state.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- 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.
- It has an inpatient rehabilitation unit of 18 beds, which CMS lists apart as a rehabilitation facility.
- Government - State.
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.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections 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.
- 97% 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?
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois runs it.
- 4 owners or officers are people: Laurence S Appel (corporate officer, 0%); Laurence S Appel (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%); William Marc Devar (corporate officer, 0%); William Marc Devar (managing employee (on the payroll), 0%).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 3 changes of ownership.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Jul 1, 1966 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 56 hospitals CMS lists in Cook County, 40 have an overall star rating from CMS: 5 rated 5 of 5, 8 rated 4 of 5, 10 rated 3 of 5, 9 rated 2 of 5, 8 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 4 of 5.
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.
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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