Harrisburg Medical Center
An acute care hospital in Harrisburg, Illinois 62946
100 Doctor Warren Tuttle Dr, Harrisburg, Illinois 62946. (618) 253-7671.
- Medicare payments cut under the HAC Reduction Program (fiscal year 2026)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 78 beds
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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 Sep 23, 2024: 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 Sep 2024. 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.
Sep 23, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Patient Rights: Care In Safe Setting
The inspectors’ words, 668 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: 34824 Based on document review and interview, it was determined that for 1 of 10 records (Pt #1) reviewed for safety precautions in radiology, the Hospital failed to ensure that seizure precautions were in place during a Computed Tomography (CT) to prevent injury. Findings include: 1. A request was made for a policy or procedure for suicide precautions during a CT. No policy or procedure for seizure precautions during testing was presented. 2. The clinical record of Pt. #1 was reviewed on 9/18/2024. Pt. #1 presented to the Emergency Department on 8/16/2024 at 11:36 am, with a “Chief Complaint” of “fever.” A medical screening exam was conducted at 11:47 am and indicated, “... past medical history (PMH) of seizure... Mother reports that patient has been holding right arm in elbow position and wrist flexed for the last three weeks. Mother believes that it started after Levaquin (antibiotic) administration. Mother denies any known specific trauma or recent seizures... Physical Exam ... Appearance: He is ill-appearing ... Musculoskeletal ... Comments: Mother reports that patient has been holding right arm in elbow position and wrist flexed for the last three weeks. Positive distal pulses. No overlying skin changes ... Motor: Tremor (Right arm) present. Comments: Right elbow and wrist flexed, and fingers extended...” A CT chest was ordered. The CT chest without contrast was completed at 2:53 PM which revealed, “Impression: 1. Bibasilar atelectasis and/or pneumonia. No significant change. 2. Trace right pleural effusion suggested. 3. Mild cardiomegaly ... 5. Interval comminuted fracture of the right humeral head/neck. Recommend correlation with radiographs ... Addendum: The patient’s right humeral fracture is noted on the scout tomogram (x-ray imaging used to determine placement of pt for CT scans- scout is done by the CT machine and is done just prior to the CT scan). The scout tomogram was performed prior to the patient hitting her upper extremity on the gantry according to the technologist.” 3. The Adverse Event and Sentinel event logs for 6/1/24-9/18/24 were reviewed. A sentinel event related to Pt #1 was filed. When requesting additional information related to the Sentinel Event, the Chief Nurse Executive (E #3) stated, “That is part of the PSO Protected Safety Organization (PSO).” Facility denied request. 4. An interview was conducted on 9/23/24 at 12:00 PM with radiology technician (E #13). E #13 stated, “I use straps for dementia patients, people that are moving around a bunch or confused or I’m just afraid that they’re going to fall off the table, but I’ve seen (Pt #1) many times and (Pt #1) always just lays there. I did not use straps. When placing (Pt #1) on the table, (Pt #1’s) head was in the head holder and the head goes in first. (Pt #1’s) arms were on (Pt #1’s) belly. We had scanned (Pt #1)’s head and neck and was doing the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. I scouted (Pt #1) and so he was in and out twice. In between the localizer and the actual CT scan, I don’t know if (Pt #1) had a seizure or what happened but whenever I hit for the table to start moving, (Pt #1) brought his right hand up and (Pt #1’s) elbow kind of got caught in between the gantry and it kind of pulled arm up and so immediately I go out there and I brought (Pt #1) out of the scanner because (Pt #1) arm was like jammed. I looked at (Pt #1’s) arm and (Pt #1) was moaning a little bit. I did not see any redness, swelling or any obvious injury after the incident. I told the ER doctor what happened. I know that the radiologist did an addendum to see if it was broken in the scout images and the radiologist stated that it was broken before (Pt #1’s) arm got caught in the scan.””
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 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 2 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 4; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 1; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 6.
- CMS gives no 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.: “The number of cases/patients is too few to report a star rating.”
- In CMS’s patient survey (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 64% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 51% would definitely recommend it.
- 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): pneumonia 16.2%, COPD 8.3%. 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 failure 20.7%, pneumonia 17.7%, COPD 20.3%. 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 134 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 2% 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 0.79 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 | 2 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | Not rated |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Mar 20, 1975.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - other.
- 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.
- Voluntary non-profit - Other.
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.
- CMS cut its Medicare payments by 1% for fiscal year 2026 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, which does so for the quarter of hospitals that fare worst on conditions patients get in hospital.
- 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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Medicare payment reduction (HAC Reduction Program) | Fiscal year 2026: 1% of Medicare payments |
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- 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?
- Southern Illinois Hospital Services owns 100% directly since Aug 1, 2021.
- Harrisburg Medical Center Inc. runs it.
- 12 owners or officers are people: Krystina L Eubanks (corporate director, 0%); David Businaro (corporate director); John Millstead (corporate director); Jacqueline Scott (corporate director, 0%); Warren P Ladner (corporate officer); Warren P Ladner (managing employee (on the payroll)); Angela Rowe (corporate director); Gina Sirach (corporate director); Matthew C Winkleman (corporate director, 0%); Shannon S Hartke (managing employee (on the payroll)); John D Antes (corporate officer); John D Antes (managing employee (on the payroll)).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Healthcare Enterprises Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Aug 1, 2021 |
| Southern Illinois Hospital Services | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Aug 1, 2021 |
| Harrisburg Medical Center Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Oct 18, 1974 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 2 hospitals CMS lists in Saline County, 2 have an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 2 of 5, 1 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 2 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Ferrell Hospital Community Foundations | 1 |
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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