Palo Pinto General Hospital

Palo Pinto General Hospital is a government-operated public hospital located in Mineral Wells, TX, holding CMS certification number 450565. The Fort Worth covers Mineral Wells-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Palo Pinto General Hospital.

As an acute-care hospital, Palo Pinto General Hospital treats short-term, severe medical conditions including emergencies, surgeries, trauma, and critical illness. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns Palo Pinto General Hospital an overall quality rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on its most recent public reporting cycle. The CMS overall rating is a composite of mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care, and efficient imaging measures. The Fort Worth tracks rating changes year-over-year for every hospital in our coverage area; a one-star change typically reflects meaningful shifts in clinical performance.

For Mineral Wells residents, Palo Pinto General Hospital is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. The Fort Worth regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Mineral Wells-area healthcare facilities — including Palo Pinto General Hospital.

Story tip about Palo Pinto General Hospital? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit thefortworth.org/news. This profile uses public data from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Hospital General Information dataset) and is updated as CMS releases new reporting cycles.