Ascension St Vincent Jennings
A critical access hospital in North Vernon, Indiana 47265
301 Henry St, North Vernon, Indiana 47265. (812) 352-4228.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- Not rated CMS’s overall rating
- Not rated patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 19 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean2
- 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 Dec 18, 2023: 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 Dec 2023. 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.
Dec 18, 2023: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Records System
The inspectors’ words, 481 words
“RECORDS SYSTEM CFR(s): The records are legible, complete, accurately documented, readily accessible, and systematically organized. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 49128 Based on document review and interview, the facility failed to maintain an accurate medical record on 1 of 10 medical records (MR) reviewed (MR of P6). Findings include: 1. Facility policy titled, Documentation, PolicyStat ID 13393218, last approved 04/23, indicated all incidents in patient care are to be charted, as they may cause a change in the patient’s condition that requires treatment or observation and to enter all medications, treatments and other nursing tasks after the activity has been completed. 2. Facility policy titled, Event Reporting (ERS) Policy, PolicyStat ID 9858640, last approved 06/21, defined an adverse event/event as a happening or occurrence that is not part of the routine care of a particular patient or the routine operation of the healthcare entity. The policy indicated in section 4, Documentation, when an event involving a patient occurs, it is important to document only the facts regarding the occurrence and the medical record (MR) entry should be brief and exclusively limited to the most pertinent facts regarding the occurrence. 3. Facility policy titled, Fall Prevention, PolicyStat ID 9099224, last approved 01/21, defined a fall as an unplanned descent to the floor with or without injury, and an assisted fall as a staff member is present to ease the patient’s descent or break the fall. This policy indicated, under Nursing Responsibility Post-Fall, to notify physician. 4. Review of MR for P6 indicated the following: a. Physical Therapy Treatment Note, dated 9/6/23, indicated an assisted fall to the floor. b. Interdisciplinary Note- Nursing, dated 9/9/23 for event time of 7:30 pm, indicated 2 nurses attempted to get P6 up to the bedside commode, patient was unable to bear weight and was returned to bed. c. MR lacked documentation of an assisted fall to the floor occurring on 9/9/23 at approximately 7:30pm. d. The notification box in the MR flowsheets lacked documentation of physician notification of assisted falls having occurred on 9/6/23 and 9/9/23. The notification box was not completed with required information such as date, time and who was notified. 5. Incident report dated 9/10/23 for event on 9/9/23 at 7:30 pm, indicated P6 had an assisted fall to the floor. 6. In interview on 12/14/23, at approximately 12:55 pm, A2 (Registered Nurse [RN], Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer [admin/CNO]) verified the interdisciplinary note, for 9/9/23 at 7:30 pm, did not describe a fall to the floor as described in the incident report. 7. In interview on 12/14/23, at approximately 1:30 pm, A1 (Director of Quality [DQ]), verified no physician notification was documented in the MR for 2 fall events experienced by P6. 8. In interview on 12/18/23, at approximately 9:20 am, N2 (RN) verified he/she was present for the assisted fall to the floor on 9/9/23 at 7:30 pm.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
How do patients fare?
- CMS gives no 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.: “There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.”
- 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 1; readmission, 0 better and 1 worse of 3.
- 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.: “Results are not available for this reporting period.”
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): pneumonia 17%. 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.
- Emergency department patients spent a median of 123 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 3% left before being seen.
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 | Not rated |
| 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 critical access hospital since Mar 1, 2000.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - church.
- 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 - Church.
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’s HAC Reduction Program file has no result for it: the program covers general acute care hospitals Medicare pays under its inpatient prospective payment system.
- 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.
- 87% 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?
- St. Vincent Jennings Hospital, Inc. owns 100% directly since Oct 19, 1990.
- Ascension Health and St Vincent Health Inc. run it.
- 12 owners or officers are people: Ronald C Perkins (corporate director); Jacob Steve Baker (corporate director); Carlyle Floyd (corporate director); Jill Payne (corporate director); Dana M Muntz (corporate officer); Allison Taylor (corporate director); Robin Ludlow (corporate director); Christina Crank (corporate officer); Christina Crank (managing employee (on the payroll)); Todd Jones (corporate director); Loraine Brown (corporate director); Ryan Penrod (corporate director).
- 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 |
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| St. Vincent Jennings Hospital, Inc. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Oct 19, 1990 |
| Ascension Health | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Nov 1, 1999 | |
| St Vincent Health Inc. | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Sep 1, 1999 |
How does it compare nearby?
- No other hospital CMS lists is in Jennings County.
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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