Knapp Medical Center

Knapp Medical Center is a nonprofit voluntary hospital located in Weslaco, TX, holding CMS certification number 450128. The Brownsville covers Weslaco-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Knapp Medical Center.

As an acute-care hospital, Knapp Medical Center 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 Knapp Medical Center an overall quality rating of 5 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 Brownsville 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 Weslaco residents, Knapp Medical Center is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. The Brownsville regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Weslaco-area healthcare facilities — including Knapp Medical Center.

Story tip about Knapp Medical Center? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit thebrownsville.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.