Winnmed
Critical Access Hospitals · Government - Local
901 Montgomery Street
Decorah, IA 52101
- Emergency services
- Medicare overall rating: 4 of 5 stars
At a glance
- Clinicians who list this hospital
- 140
- Physicians (MD and DO)
- 94
- Beds
- 25
- Medical groups
- 8
Quality and patient experience
- Medicare overall rating (of 5)
- 4
- Patient survey rating (of 5)
- 5
- Patients who would definitely recommend it (national average 71%)
- 79%
Compared with the national rate
| Measures | Better | Same | Worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths after treatment | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Safety of care (infections, complications) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Readmissions and return visits | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Number of Medicare quality measures where this hospital’s rate is statistically better than, the same as (no different from), or worse than the national rate.
What patients said
- Doctors communicated well 5 of 5 stars
- Nurses communicated well 5 of 5 stars
- Explained medicines 4 of 5 stars
- Discharge information 4 of 5 stars
- Clean 5 of 5 stars
- Quiet at night 4 of 5 stars
From 222 patient surveys (HCAHPS), period ending 09/30/2025.
Medicare “birthing-friendly” hospital: takes part in a maternity care quality program and follows recommended safety practices.
Source: CMS Care Compare (Hospital General Information; Patient survey HCAHPS). Ratings describe the hospital overall, not individual doctors.
Physicians by specialty
- Family Medicine 29
- General Surgery 8
- Internal Medicine 8
- Cardiology 6
- Orthopedic Surgery 5
- Pulmonology 4
- Hospitalist 3
- Hematology & Oncology 3
- Ophthalmology 3
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) 3
- Radiology 3
- ENT (Otolaryngology) 2
- Nephrology (Kidney) 2
- Medical Oncology 2
- Hematology 2
- Emergency Medicine 2
- Sleep Medicine 1
- Cardiothoracic Surgery 1
- Urology 1
- Psychiatry 1
- Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology 1
- Neurology 1
- Dermatology 1
- Pathology 1
- Vascular Surgery 1
Other clinicians
Medical groups whose clinicians work here
- Winneshiek Medical Center 49
- Gundersen Clinic LTD 28
- Gundersen Regional Clinics, LLC 22
- Liem Som Oei MD PC 1
- Guttenberg Municipal Hospital 1
- Sumner Community Club 1
- Mitchell County Memorial Hospital 1
- Meehan and Schwartz O D P L C 1
Number of each group’s clinicians who list this hospital.
Sources: CMS Hospital General Information and Doctors and Clinicians Facility Affiliation (Care Compare), CMS certification number 161371. Counts are clinicians who list this hospital with Medicare; they include part-time and visiting clinicians and aren’t staff totals. Residents and beds are from the hospital’s Medicare cost report. Ratings are Medicare’s, not ours.