Norwood Health Center
A psychiatric hospital in Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449
1600 N Chestnut Ave, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449. (715) 384-2188.
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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
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 16 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 Aug 20, 2025: a standard inspection.
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 20, 2025: standard inspection3 deficiencies
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Initial Comments - Not A Deficiency Citation
The inspectors’ words, 194 words
“A standard Recertification Survey for Life Safety Code compliance was conducted by the Wisconsin Division of Quality Assurance on 08/19/2025. Norwood Health Center was found to be NOT in compliance with the following applicable regulations for hospital participation in Medicare-Medicaid: 42 CFR 482.41 Condition of Participation: Physical Plant and Environment was NOT MET 42 CFR 482.41(b) Standard: Life Safety from Fire was NOT MET NFPA 101 (2012 edition) - Life Safety Code was NOT MET Norwood Health Center is a 2-story structure built in 1973, with Type II (1,1,1) fire resistive construction. The structure contains 2 occupied stories and a ground floor basement. All portions of the facility were protected with a fully automatic sprinkler system. The facility had an emergency generator that provided power to the emergency loads. The facility contained one hospital patient care wing with two smoke compartments that were surveyed. Norwood Health Center is licensed for 16 beds, with a census of 11 inpatients at the time of the survey. The facility was surveyed under the 2012 Life Safety Code, Chapter 19 for an existing health care occupancy. The facility had two (2) federal deficiencies of the Life Safety Code.”
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Stairways And Smokeproof Enclosures
The inspectors’ words, 127 words
“Stairways and Smokeproof Enclosures CFR(s): NFPA 101 Stairways and Smokeproof Enclosures Stairways and Smokeproof enclosures used as exits are in accordance with 7.2. 18.2.2.3, 18.2.2.4, 19.2.2.3, 19.2.2.4, 7.2 This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 41202 Based on observation and interview, the facility did not provide a proper stairway enclosure system in accordance with NFPA 101 (2012 ed.), 19.2.1 and 7.2.2.5. This deficient practice could affect all of the patients, plus an undetermined number of staff and visitors. Findings include: On 08/19/2025 at 10:15 AM, observation in the main stairway from the hospital revealed that the elevator opened to both the stairway and to other non-stairway parts of the building. This condition was confirmed at the time of discovery by a concurrent interview with Staff F.”
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Hvac
The inspectors’ words, 403 words
“HVAC CFR(s): NFPA 101 HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning shall comply with 9.2 and shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications. 18.5.2.1, 19.5.2.1, 9.2 This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 41202 Based on record review, observation and interview, the facility did not provide a ventilation system in accordance with NFPA 101 (2012 ed.), 19.5.2.1, 9.2 and NFPA 90A, (2012 ed.) 2-3.11.1 and 4.3.12. This deficient practice could affect all of the patients, plus an undetermined number of staff and visitors. Findings include: 1. On 08/19/2025 at 11:10 am, observation revealed that dampers were missing at the following locations: a. The penthouse air handling unit, AC #2, which feeds the hospital wing, had main supply and return ducts that did not have fire dampers at the bottom of their respective masonry shafts that extended from the penthouse, through the 4th & 2nd levels to a crawl space located below the 2nd level. b. Approximately 20 duct penetrations through the level 2 floor did not have fire dampers. The 5 “ x12 “ ducts in the crawl space passed through the level 2 floor, without dampers, to feed the floor mounted ventilation units on that floor. These ducts exceeded the maximum size permitted by the exception in the section to not have fire dampers. c. About 6-8 supply and return ducts did not have fire dampers where they penetrated the penthouse and 4th level floors to serve the overhead ventilation grills on the 2nd level in the center core of the hospital space located below the footprint of the penthouse. 2. On 08/19/2025 at 1:15 pm, during the record review Staff H confirmed that there were no fire dampers in the building when asked. 3. On 08/19/2025 at 11:20 PM, observation revealed during a walk-through of the facility that the two offices and the kitchenette were not provided with a supply grille within each room. Only a return air grille was installed within these rooms. The supply air was being taken from the corridor and transferred under the doorway; this required the ventilation system to use the corridor as a plenum for supplying air to these rooms. These conditions were confirmed at the time of discovery by a concurrent interview with staff F. Staff F also stated that the air handlers shut down upon activation of the fire alarm system and the facility is equipped with a smoke control system.”
All 2 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | Standard inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Standard inspection | 3 deficiencies 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.: “Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.”
- CMS publishes no patient survey results for it.
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 psychiatric hospital since Jul 15, 1975.
- Ownership: government - local.
- It is not accredited by a private organisation, so the state carries out its routine inspections for Medicare.
- 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.
- Government - Local.
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.
- None of the deficiencies 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.
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- County of Wood runs it.
- 3 owners or officers are people: Marissa Ann Kornack (corporate officer, 100%); Marissa Ann Kornack (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Angela R Wiese (runs it (operational or managerial control), 10%).
- 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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| County of Wood | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Aug 23, 2015 |
| County of Wood | Other role (CMS gives no detail) | 100% | Jan 20, 2016 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 3 hospitals CMS lists in Wood County, 2 have an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 3 of 5, 1 rated 1 of 5.
- CMS gives this hospital no overall star rating to compare.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Marshfield Medical Center | 1 |
| Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics Inc. | 3 |
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.
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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