Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center in Lima, OH
Also known as Saint Rita Hospital
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About Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level II trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 397 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. Kindred Hospital Lima is on the same campus or next door.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.22
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.57
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.19
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.34
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryWorse than national · SIR 2.14
55% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend69%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1071%
- Completed surveys884
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
40.74011, -84.11920
Nearby hospitals
- Kindred Hospital Lima730 W Market St, Lima, OHLong-term care hospitalSame campus
- Lima Memorial Health System1001 Bellefontaine Avenue, Lima, OH · Level II traumaAcute care hospital1.7 mi
- Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery801 Medical Drive, Suite B, Lima, OHAcute care hospital3.4 mi
- Bluffton Hospital139 Garau Street, Bluffton, OH · Emergency roomCritical access hospital15 mi
- Grand Lake Health System200 Saint Clair Street, Saint Marys, OH · Emergency roomAcute care hospital19 mi
- Ridgeview Hospital17872 Lincoln Highway, Middle Point, OH · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital21 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center located?
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center is at 730 West Market Street, Lima, OH 45801 in Allen County.
Does Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 159 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center?
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level II trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Ohio EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (419) 227-3361.
Would patients recommend Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (884 completed surveys), 69% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 71% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.