Friend Community Healthcare System
Friend Community Healthcare System is a Medicare-certified hospital (Rural Emergency Hospital) in Friend, NE, identified by CMS Certification Number 280779. CMS has not assigned an overall star rating in the current snapshot. Fonteum publishes 3 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: CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 · View on Medicare.gov
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?
Friend Community Healthcare System (CCN 280779) is identified across CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 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 the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 published on data.cms.gov — a US Government Work. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a provenance record identifying the federal source, release date, and redistribution basis.
- Source acquisition — download the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 file from data.cms.gov.
- Entity resolution — key every row to the hospital’s CMS Certification Number (CCN 280779).
- 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 — Friend Community Healthcare SystemCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
Frequently asked questions
- What is the CMS overall star rating for Friend Community Healthcare System?
- CMS has not published an overall star rating for Friend Community Healthcare System 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 Friend Community Healthcare System?
- Friend Community Healthcare System is classified by CMS as "Government - Local". 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 Friend Community Healthcare System?
- Fonteum publishes 3 CMS quality measures for Friend Community Healthcare System across 0 groups — . 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 Friend Community Healthcare System's quality data come from?
- Friend Community Healthcare System's data is drawn directly from 1 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 280779 identify?
- The CMS Certification Number (CCN) 280779 is the federal identifier Medicare assigns to Friend Community Healthcare System. 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 Friend Community Healthcare System's records.
- Does Friend Community Healthcare System provide emergency services?
- Yes. CMS records that Friend Community Healthcare System 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
Friend Community Healthcare System is a Medicare-certified hospital identified by CMS Certification Number 280779. Data sourced from the CMS Hospital General Information 2026-04-28 (data.cms.gov), a US Government Work. Methodology · Report an error · Medicare.gov