Trinity Hospitals
An acute care hospital in Minot, North Dakota 58701
407 3rd St SE, Minot, North Dakota 58701. (701) 857-5000.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 2of 5 patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 312 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 Mar 25, 2025: 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 Mar 2025. 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.
Mar 25, 2025: 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: 37620 Based on record review, review of facility incidents/events, and staff interviews, the hospital failed to ensure a safe setting/environment for 1 of 1 patient (Patient #11) who sustained minor injuries from a fall off an interventional radiology table. Failure to assure patient safety with any procedure has the potential to place patients at risk for injury. Findings include: Review of medical records including surgical, inpatient, outpatient, and incident reports, identified Patient #11 experienced a fall from an interventional radiology (IR) table. Review of Patient #11’s closed record occurred on March 24-25, 2025. The record identified an operative report dated 01/19/2025. The operative report identified: 2:40:53 p.m. the patient was positioned prone (on the stomach) with arms up by the head. Arm boards in place to keep arms from falling off the side. Versed (sedation medication) 2 milligrams was given intravenously (IV) at 2:45 p.m. and Fentanyl (pain medication) 1 microgram IV at 2:46 p.m. At 2:47 p.m. documentation identified the patient rolled off the procedure table on to the floor. The provider immediately evaluated the patient and identified small abrasions to the left elbow, back, and shoulder. Staff lifted the patient with a blanket to a cart and further monitored. The patient had a computed tomography scan (CT) of the head completed with normal findings and returned to the medical floor with further monitoring. Review of an event report completed 01/19/25 identified, “Patient was positioned prone on IR procedure table. Patient was prepped and draped, arms were up by his head with arm boards and strap to hold his arms up. Shortly after giving initial sedation while staff was preparing supplies for procedure, patient adjusted his position and the shift in body weight caused him to roll off the table. . . .” Review of the follow-up assignment notes regarding the incident identified recommendations of the following: * Additional safety straps (placed to not interfere with the procedure and access to the patient). * Have the necessary supplies pulled prior to putting the patient on the table. * Get a quote for some additional arm boards. * Instruct that a staff member must be at the table side when the patient is on the table. * Consider including a CNA (certified nurse assistant) with the on-call crew. During interview on 03/25/2025 at 3:00 p.m., a registered nurse (RN) (#1), present at the time of the incident, stated the patient showed no signs of restlessness, so they had no concern of the possibility of the patient rolling off the table at the time and confirmed staff did not place straps around the patient for safety. The RN (#1) described the strap used with the arm boards went over the arm boards to help them be more stable but did not go around the patient’s arms. The RN (#1) stated staff discussed the use of straps in a department meeting after the incident occurred. During interview on 03/25/2025 at 8:00 a.m., an administrative staff member (#2) stated after the incident, facility staff completed a department huddle with staff from the interventional radiology department regarding not leaving the bedside when a patient is on the procedure table, and use of straps on the patient, but facility did not document this discussion. Upon request, the administrative staff member (#2) was not able to provide a policy/procedure regarding safety of the patient during interventional radiology procedures, use of straps, or staff remaining at the bedside. During interview on 03/25/25 at 8:10 a.m., a radiology technician (RT) (#3) confirmed a department huddle post incident with discussion including use of straps on a patient during procedures for safety. The RT (#3) stated staff should use table straps if the patient is restless, has a large body mass, and considering the amount of sedation used, and confirmed the huddle discussion also included never leaving the patient bedside.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 | 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 3 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 8; safety of care, 2 better and 0 worse of 6; readmission, 2 better and 1 worse of 10.
- Patients rate it 2 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (642 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 60% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 63% 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), no different than national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; MRSA bloodstream infections, no different than 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 10.2%, heart failure 10.2%, pneumonia 18.3%, COPD 10.6%, stroke 11%, heart bypass surgery 2.6%. 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 15%, heart failure 23.3%, pneumonia 17%, COPD 20%, heart bypass surgery 12.5%. 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 247 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 8% left before being seen.
- 60% 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 0.93 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 | 3 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 2 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - private.
- 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 20 beds, which CMS lists apart as a rehabilitation facility.
- Voluntary non-profit - Private.
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.
- 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.
- In CMS’s patient survey, patients rate how well its nurses communicated 2 of 5.
- 53% 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?
- Trinity Health owns 100% directly since Jul 1, 1966.
- Trinity Health and Trinity Hospitals run it.
- 17 owners or officers are people: Robin Nichols (corporate officer); Robin Nichols (managing employee (on the payroll)); Christopher Vangels (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jeffrey A Sather (corporate director); Pamela Hopkins (managing employee (on the payroll)); Ben Anderson (managing employee (on the payroll)); Patrick S Holien (corporate director); John M Kutch (corporate officer); John M Kutch (corporate director); Clara Sue Price (corporate director); Karen K Krebsbach (corporate director); Brent Mattson (corporate director); Borgi Beeler (corporate director); Ryan Miller (managing employee (on the payroll)); John Coughlin (corporate director); Scott E Knutson (corporate director); Wade A Peterson (managing employee (on the payroll)).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change of ownership, the latest on May 1, 2001.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Health | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jul 1, 1966 |
| Trinity Health | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Trinity Hospitals | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Oct 20, 2009 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 2 hospitals CMS lists in Ward County, 1 has an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 3 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 3 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Trinity Kenmare Community Hospital | Not given |
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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