AR · Acute Care Hospitals
Forrest City Medical Center
Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City, AR. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- Not rated
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 90
- CMS hospitals in AR
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
1601 NEWCASTLE ROAD, Forrest City, AR 72335
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 3 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating N/A
- N/A
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety C-
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
Not rated by CMS
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (1 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (1 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 040019 · AR unrated
STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · FP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-PAR
- STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
- RANK-UNK Rank unknown
- SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- FP-OWN Proprietary
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-PAR 7 same-as-avg
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
CMS reporting cohort
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Forrest City Medical Center. Within AR, it is 1 of 90 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 18 of them are proprietary facilities like this one, and 43 are acute care hospitals.
- 90
- CMS-reporting hospitals in AR
- 18
- Proprietary facilities in AR
- 43
- Acute Care Hospitals facilities in AR
No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.
Forrest City Medical Center tracks near national average on CMS measure cells
Most published measure cells sit at national average (7 same-as-avg · 0 above · 0 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(870) 261-0000
1601 NEWCASTLE ROAD, Forrest City, AR 72335
What to do with this hospital profile
Forrest City Medical Center tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare AR facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for AR. AR profile
- Browse all 90 CMS-reporting hospitals in AR. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Forrest City Medical Center, all outside AR so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside AR.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside AR by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/7/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Forrest City Medical Center have a published CMS overall star rating?
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Forrest City Medical Center. It is 1 of 90 CMS-reporting hospitals in AR, including 43 other acute care hospitals facilities.
What type of hospital is Forrest City Medical Center?
Forrest City Medical Center is an acute care hospitals, proprietary ownership, located in Forrest City, AR.
Does Forrest City Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?
Forrest City Medical Center does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.