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Togus VA Medical Center

1 VA Center, Augusta, ME 04330 · (207) 623-8411

VA hospitalVeterans Health AdministrationEmergency room

Togus VA Medical Center is a Veterans Affairs hospital in Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County). It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 85% of patients said they would definitely recommend it.

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (501 surveys)

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 501 surveys

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
81%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
13.8%
Heart failure
10.3%
Pneumonia
11.9%
COPD
10.7%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
22.1%
Pneumonia
18.2%
Hip or knee replacement
6.2%
Infections and complications lower is better
Complications after hip or knee replacement
3.8%
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.95
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

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This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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