Bienville Medical Center
Bienville Medical Center is a Medicare-certified hospital (Critical Access Hospitals) in Arcadia, LA, identified by CMS Certification Number 191320. CMS has not assigned an overall star rating in the current snapshot. Fonteum publishes 7 provenance-tracked CMS quality measures for this hospital, each signed to its primary federal dataset as of Q2 2026.
Fonteum is a US healthcare provenance registry that publishes signed, chain-of-custody-attested research and data pages on Medicare, Medicaid, and federal regulator datasets, drawing from 23 federal source families across CMS, OIG, HRSA, AHRQ, and HHS.
Data last updated: 2026-05-07 · Source: Multiple CMS Care Compare datasets · View on Medicare.gov
How timely and effective is care at Bienville Medical Center?
CMS publishes 4 timely and effective care measures for Bienville Medical Center, each chained to its source row and reporting period Q2 2026.
How does Fonteum cover hospital quality data?
Fonteum indexes quality data from 23 federal source families, including all six CMS Care Compare facility programs. Each CCN is keyed to its primary CMS dataset — every field traced to a source row and reporting period.
CMS Care Compare · 6 facility types · data.cms.gov · US Government Work
How does Fonteum connect this hospital to its sources?
Bienville Medical Center (CCN 191320) is identified across 2 CMS Care Compare datasets published on data.cms.gov. Every field on this page is chained to its source dataset and row.
How is this hospital’s data sourced and attested?
Each field on this page is sourced from 2 CMS Care Compare datasets published on data.cms.gov — US Government Works. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a provenance record identifying the federal source, release date, and redistribution basis.
- Source acquisition — download the CMS Care Compare files (2 datasets) from data.cms.gov.
- Entity resolution — key every row to the hospital’s CMS Certification Number (CCN 191320).
- Field projection — extract the fields shown on this page.
- Quality checks — drop rows CMS suppresses or marks not available.
- Chain attestation — sign each field into the Fonteum provenance graph.
Read the full Fonteum provenance methodology or browse the 23 federal source families behind every page.
Which CMS datasets back this page?
- CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 · archived copyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — Bienville Medical CenterCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
- CMS Timely and Effective Care 2026-04-28Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
Frequently asked questions
- What is the CMS overall star rating for Bienville Medical Center?
- CMS has not published an overall star rating for Bienville Medical Center in the current Care Compare snapshot. A rating is assigned only when a hospital reports enough measures across the five CMS measure groups to be scored, so smaller or specialty facilities are often unrated.
- Who owns Bienville Medical Center?
- Bienville Medical Center is classified by CMS as "Proprietary". Ownership type is reported by the hospital to CMS and published in the Hospital General Information dataset; it describes the controlling entity, not the quality of care, which Fonteum reports separately and traces to each source row.
- How many CMS quality measures does Fonteum track for Bienville Medical Center?
- Fonteum publishes 7 CMS quality measures for Bienville Medical Center across 1 groups — timely and effective care. Every measure is a separate provenance claim signed to the CMS dataset, reporting period, and source row it was asserted from, and is hover-traceable on this page.
- Where does Bienville Medical Center's quality data come from?
- Bienville Medical Center's data is drawn directly from 2 primary CMS Care Compare datasets published on data.cms.gov, including patient survey, mortality, readmission, complication, infection, and timely-care files. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a chained 14-field provenance record rather than an aggregated score.
- What does CMS Certification Number 191320 identify?
- The CMS Certification Number (CCN) 191320 is the federal identifier Medicare assigns to Bienville Medical Center. It is unique, dated, and federally issued, and it links this hospital across every CMS dataset — cost reports, Care Compare quality files, and the Provider of Services file — which is how Fonteum joins Bienville Medical Center's records.
- Does Bienville Medical Center provide emergency services?
- Yes. CMS records that Bienville Medical Center provides emergency services, per the Hospital General Information dataset as of Q2 2026. Emergency-service status indicates the hospital operates an emergency department; it is reported by the hospital to CMS and chained to its source row on this page.
Related facilities and datasets
Bienville Medical Center is a Medicare-certified hospital identified by CMS Certification Number 191320. Data sourced from the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 (data.cms.gov), a US Government Work. Methodology · Report an error · Medicare.gov