Dublin Methodist Hospital
An acute care hospital in Dublin, Ohio 43016
7500 Hospital Avenue, Dublin, Ohio 43016. (614) 544-8000.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 4of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 4of 5 patient survey rating
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years (needs attention)
- 107 beds
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What these words mean4
- 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.
- Condition-level deficiency
- 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.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Feb 12, 2026: a complaint inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 1 of them at condition level, the most serious.
1 deficiency at condition level, the more serious of CMS’s two levels
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 visits on record, nothing cited. 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.
Nov 20, 2023: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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Outpatient Services
“OUTPATIENT SERVICES CFR(s): 482.54 If the hospital provides outpatient services, the services must meet the needs of the patients in accordance with acceptable standards of practice. This Condition is not met as evidenced by: 44080 Based on record review, interview, and policy review, the hospital failed to document intravenous therapy for patients receiving outpatient procedures. This affected eight (Patients #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10) of ten patients reviewed. The hospital census was 138. See A1081”
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Standard Tag For Outpatient Services
The inspectors’ words, 478 words
“STANDARD TAG FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES CFR(s): 482.54 Standard-level Tag for §482.54 Condition of Participation: Outpatient Services If the hospital provides outpatient services, the services must meet the needs of the patients in accordance with acceptable standards of practice. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 44080 Based on record review, interview, and policy review, the hospital failed to document intravenous therapy for patients receiving outpatient procedures. This affected eight (Patients #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10) of ten patients reviewed. The hospital census was 138. Findings include: Review of the medical record for Patient #6 revealed an outpatient Computed Tomography (CT) scan was completed on 09/12/23. Review of medical record for Patient #6 revealed she had outpatient CT Scan service date 09/12/23. The CT Scan with contrast was ordered for acute abdominal pain. The contrast, 75 milliliter of ISOVUE-370 at 76% solution, was given via an intravenous (IV) line once in imaging, per CT Scan technologist for one dose. There was no documentation for Patient #6 regarding the time the IV line was started, the location of the IV, the gauge of the IV used, the appearance of the IV site or any complications related to the IV line. Review of the medical records for outpatient CT scans for Patients #2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #9, and #10 revealed no documentation regarding their IV line used for the procedure. Review of the grievance log dated 09/12/23 revealed that Patient #6 had called on 10/03/23 to hospital imaging to report during her CT Scan on 09/12/23 the technologist hit a nerve while injecting contrast media. Patient #6 stated she was suffering with nerve pain and had discussed it with her physician and wanted to know what to do about it. During interview on 11/20/23 at 10:41 A.M., Computer Tomography (CT) Technician #D stated staff had previously documented in the record when an IV was started on a patient. Staff were then told not to document as it would get mixed up in a patient with too many IV’s. During interview on 11/20/23 at 10:50 A.M., with CT Technician #A stated IV therapy is not documented on outpatients. The IV is only in for three minutes, then is removed. During interview on 11/20/23 at 11:50 A.M., Manager of Radiology Services #E stated Patients #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10 had no documentation regarding the IV site in their medical records.. Review of the hospital policy titled “Intravenous IV Therapy Policy and Procedure”, dated 01/12/23, revealed the safe administration of intravenous therapy was responsible of nursing personnel associated with the initiation, administration, and monitoring of IV therapy. Peripheral IV site to be assessed every four hours. IV for CT or MRI power injections should be a 20 gauge or larger IV placed in the forearm or antecubital fossa, if unable to access forearm vessel.”
All 3 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Feb 12, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 2 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 4 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 7; safety of care, 1 better and 0 worse of 6; readmission, 0 better and 0 worse of 6.
- Patients rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (613 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 80% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 84% 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), better than the national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; MRSA bloodstream infections, no different than national benchmark; C. diff infections, no different than 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 11.6%, heart failure 11%, pneumonia 12.3%, COPD 7.5%, stroke 9.6%. 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 14.1%, heart failure 21.1%, pneumonia 16.4%, COPD 19.6%, hip or knee replacement 7.6%. 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 229 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 3% left before being seen.
- 59% 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 0.92 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 |
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| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 4 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Feb 5, 2008.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - private.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- Cited at 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. in the last three years: it didn’t meet a whole condition of Medicare’s rules for hospitals.
- 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.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections 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 4 of 5.
- 73% 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?
- Ohiohealth Corporation runs it.
- 26 owners or officers are people: John Schwemer (corporate director); Wade Giffin (corporate director); Cherie Smith (managing employee (on the payroll)); Charles Gossman (corporate officer); Andy Rose (corporate officer); Andy Rose (corporate director); Donna James (corporate officer); Donna James (corporate director); Michael Coleman (corporate director); Stephen Markovich (corporate officer); Sandy Doyle-Ahern (corporate director); Hee-Soo Jung (corporate director); David Harrison (corporate director); Jeffrey D Hutchison (corporate director); Douglas Strine (corporate director); Linda Hondros (corporate officer); Linda Hondros (corporate director); Mike Mahaffey (corporate director); Rosemary Pitts (corporate officer); Mark A Dewalt (corporate director); Peggy Simmons (corporate director); George T Ho (corporate director); David Eichinger (corporate director); Thomas J Boes (corporate director); Elizabeth Ingram (corporate officer); Elizabeth Ingram (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.
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 17 hospitals CMS lists in Franklin County, 7 have an overall star rating from CMS: 3 rated 4 of 5, 2 rated 3 of 5, 2 rated 2 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 4 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Dublin | Not given |
| Dublin Springs | Not given |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | 4 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann’s | 3 |
| Grant Medical Center | 2 |
| Mount Carmel East & West | 2 |
| Ohio State University State Health System | 3 |
| Doctors Hospital | 4 |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital | Not given |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center | Not given |
| Nationwide Children’s Hospital | Not given |
| Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare | 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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