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West Carroll Memorial Hospital

A critical access hospital in Oak Grove, Louisiana 71263

706 Ross Street, Oak Grove, Louisiana 71263. (318) 428-3237.

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Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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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 Apr 30, 2026: a complaint inspection.

1 deficiency cited in the last three years.

Source:

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 Apr 2026. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency 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.

Apr 30, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
  • Rehabilitation Therapy Services

    The inspectors’ words, 489 words

    “REHABILITATION THERAPY SERVICES CFR(s): Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language therapy pathology services furnished at the CAH, if provided, are provided by staff qualified under State law, and consistent with the requirements for therapy services in §409.17 of this subpart. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 20310 Based on record review and interview, the CAH failed to ensure that physical therapy services were provided in a timely manner following physician orders to meet the needs of the patient for 2 of 3 patients (#1, #2) reviewed for physical therapy services. Findings: Review of the CAH’s Therapy Services policy dated 02/26/2022 revealed: Therapy services shall be available for patients upon receiving a physician order. These services are available Monday through Friday. If a therapist for a particular genre is not available due to staff shortage, illness or personal leave, the ordering physician shall be informed and make treatment decisions accordingly. When possible, the patient shall be evaluated within 24 hours of receiving an order for therapy services, with the exception of weekends and unavailability of a therapist for the particular service ordered. Review of the staffing schedule for the therapy department revealed staff included one physical therapist (Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm), one Physical Therapy Assistant (Friday 8:00am-12:00pm) and six Techs (Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm, Friday 8:00am-12:00pm). Patient #1 Review of the medical record for Patient #1 revealed an 87 year old female admitted to swing bed services on 01/22/2026 from an acute care hospital following a history of a fall with left femoral neck fracture and surgical repair of her left femur on 01/19/2026. She was alert and oriented, and had been participating in therapy. She stated she had been able to ambulate from her bed to the door in her room with a walker and help from therapy. Further review of the medical record revealed an order was written by the physician on 01/22/2026 for Physical Therapy to evaluate and treat, with weight bearing as tolerated and precautions to hip. Continued review of the record revealed the Physical Therapy evaluation was conducted on 01/30/2026, eight days following the physician order, with a plan to provide services five times weekly for one month. Patient #2 Review of the medical record for Patient #2 revealed a 69 year old male admitted to swing bed services on 01/23/26 following an acute care stay for hypoxia with respiratory failure and generalized weakness. Further review of the medical record revealed an order was written by the physician on 01/23/2026 for Physical Therapy to evaluate and treat. Continued review of the record revealed the Physical Therapy evaluation was conducted on 01/29/2026, six days following the physician order, with a plan to provide services daily Monday through Friday. On 04/30/2026 at 9:30am, an interview with S1PT confirmed she works Monday through Thursday and has no other staff available to conduct evaluations when she is not available, resulting in patients waiting several days at times before services are started.”

    Rule C1052. Standard-level. From a complaint.

All 2 inspections in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 30, 2026Complaint inspection1 deficiency cited
Jun 4, 2025Complaint inspectionNo deficiencies cited

How do patients fare?

  • CMS gives no overall : “There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.”
  • Of the measures behind its , CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 2; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 3.
  • CMS gives no : “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): 72% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 83% would definitely recommend it.
  • Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): heart failure 21.2%, pneumonia 18.2%, COPD 20.4%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
  • Emergency department patients spent a median of 145 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 1% left before being seen.
Ratings and measures, as published
MeasureRating
Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5Not rated
Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5Not rated

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Medicare-certified critical access hospital since Dec 29, 2023.
  • Ownership: proprietary.
  • It is not accredited by a private organisation, so the state carries out its routine inspections for Medicare.
  • No deficiency on record in the last three years.
  • Proprietary.
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.
  • 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.
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.
  • 21% 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?

  • 5 owners or officers are people: Raymond Morris (owns 5% or more directly, 80%); Dewana F Little (owns 5% or more directly, 10%); Amanda D Grey (owns 5% or more directly, 10%); Raymond Morris (corporate director); Shannon Dawn Poche (managing employee (on the payroll)).
  • CMS’s Provider of Services file records no change 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 West Carroll Parish.
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.

Sources

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Source:

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

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

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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