Harris Health

Harris Health is a government-operated public hospital located in Houston, TX, holding CMS certification number 450289. The Houston covers Houston-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Harris Health.

As an acute-care hospital, Harris Health 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 Harris Health 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 Houston 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 Houston residents, Harris Health is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. The Houston regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Houston-area healthcare facilities — including Harris Health.

Story tip about Harris Health? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit thehouston.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.