Sterling Surgical Hospital

• CMS gives no overall star rating: what this means: “There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.”
• Of the measures behind its star rating: what this means, CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 1; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 2; readmission, 0 better and 1 worse of 3.
• CMS gives no patient survey rating: what this means: “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): 90% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 89% 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.
• Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): hip or knee replacement 6.7%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
• After outpatient care, compared by CMS: unplanned hospital visits after outpatient surgery, no different than expected.
• Medicare’s spending per patient here is 0.9 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).

• Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Aug 28, 2003.
• Ownership: proprietary.
• It is not accredited by a private organisation, so the state carries out its routine inspections for Medicare.
• No inspection on record in the last three years to show whether it met Medicare’s rules for hospitals.
• Proprietary.

• 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.
• No complaint investigation on record in the last three years.

• CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
• 29% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).

• Integritas Health, LLC owns 32.26% directly since Jan 1, 2026; Northlake Neurological Institute LLC owns 25.81% directly since Jan 1, 2026.
• Dhmc LLC runs it.
• 27 owners or officers are people: Kevin Schneider (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Kevin Schneider (owns 5% or more through other companies, 32.26%); Kevin Schneider (corporate officer, 32.26%); Richard P Texada (owns 5% or more directly, 12.9%); Richard P Texada (corporate officer, 12.9%); John A Davis (owns 5% or more directly, 7.53%); John A Davis (corporate officer, 7.53%); James M Houser (owns 5% or more through other companies, 7.41%); Rex S Houser (owns 5% or more through other companies, 7.41%); Rex S Houser (corporate officer, 7.41%); Michael Becker (other role (CMS gives no detail), 4.34%); Jeffrey S Pinto (other role (CMS gives no detail), 4.3%); Christopher A Sanchez (other role (CMS gives no detail), 3.76%); Thomas J Myers (other role (CMS gives no detail), 3.23%); Thomas J Berry (other role (CMS gives no detail), 3.23%); Michael T Happel (other role (CMS gives no detail), 2.32%); Patrick J Glynn (other role (CMS gives no detail), 1.91%); Terrell M Hemelt (corporate officer, 1.08%); Terrell M Hemelt (other role (CMS gives no detail), 1.08%); Alexander Fontenot (other role (CMS gives no detail), 1.08%); Darren M Vigee (other role (CMS gives no detail), 1.08%); Neil F Notaroberto (other role (CMS gives no detail), 1.08%); Jonathan R Schouest (other role (CMS gives no detail), 0.54%); Andrew Adams (other role (CMS gives no detail), 0.54%); Zachary-Ross David Goodwin (other role (CMS gives no detail)); Neilson Vuong Tran (other role (CMS gives no detail)); Dean Lamb (corporate officer).
• CMS’s Provider of Services file records 2 changes of ownership.
• No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
• No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.

• Of the 8 hospitals CMS lists in St. Tammany Parish, 2 have an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 4 of 5, 1 rated 2 of 5.
• CMS gives this hospital no overall star rating to compare.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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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