Critical Access hospitals in Florida
Critical Access hospitals › Florida
Florida has 12 Critical Access hospitals. 12 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 1 min.
A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.
| Hospital | City | ER wait | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| George E Weems Memorial Hospital | Apalachicola | not reported | — |
| Calhoun-Liberty Hospital | Blountstown | 2 hr 2 min | — |
| Doctors Memorial Hospital | Bonifay | 2 hr 1 min | 2/5 |
| Northwest Florida Community Hospital | Chipley | not reported | 2/5 |
| Hendry Regional Medical Center | Clewiston | 2 hr 21 min | — |
| Jay Hospital | Jay | 2 hr 17 min | — |
| Lake Butler Hospital | Lake Butler | 1 hr 32 min | — |
| Madison County Memorial Hospital | Madison | 2 hr 17 min | — |
| Fishermen's Community Hospital | Marathon | 1 hr 58 min | — |
| Doctors Memorial Hospital INC | Perry | 1 hr 53 min | — |
| Mariners Hospital | Tavernier | 1 hr 58 min | 5/5 |
| Florida Hospital Wauchula | Wauchula | 1 hr 54 min | — |
Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Florida, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.