Critical Access hospitals in Georgia
Critical Access hospitals › Georgia
Georgia has 31 Critical Access hospitals. 30 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon County Hospital | Alma | 2 hr 30 min | — |
| Pioneer Community Hospital of Early | Blakely | 1 hr 40 min | — |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | Blue Ridge | not reported | — |
| Higgins General Hospital | Bremen | 2 hr 6 min | — |
| Mitchell County Hospital | Camilla | 1 hr 49 min | — |
| Polk Medical Center | Cedartown | 1 hr 36 min | — |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | Clayton | 1 hr 49 min | — |
| Bleckley Memorial Hospital | Cochran | 2 hr 7 min | — |
| Miller County Hospital | Colquitt | 1 hr 25 min | — |
| Putnam General Hospital | Eatonton | 2 hr 3 min | — |
| Elbert Memorial Hospital | Elberton | 1 hr 58 min | — |
| Monroe County Hospital | Forsyth | 2 hr 29 min | — |
| Peach Regional Medical Center | Fort Valley | 2 hr 53 min | 1/5 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | Greensboro | 2 hr 2 min | 4/5 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | Hazlehurst | 1 hr 48 min | — |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | Hiawassee | 2 hr 36 min | — |
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | Hinesville | 2 hr 53 min | — |
| Clinch Memorial Hospital | Homerville | 1 hr 34 min | — |
| Sylvan Grove Hospital | Jackson | 1 hr 45 min | — |
| Louis Smith Memorial Hospital | Lakeland | 1 hr 24 min | — |
| Morgan Medical Center | Madison | 1 hr 43 min | — |
| Candler County Hospital | Metter | 1 hr 50 min | — |
| Jenkins County Medical Center | Millen | 1 hr 38 min | — |
| Jasper Memorial Hospital | Monticello | 1 hr 24 min | — |
| Brooks County Hospital | Quitman | 1 hr 14 min | — |
| Optim Medical Center - Tattnall | Reidsville | 1 hr 6 min | — |
| Effingham County Hospital | Springfield | 2 hr 14 min | — |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | Sylvania | 1 hr 33 min | — |
| Phoebe Worth Medical Center | Sylvester | 1 hr 44 min | — |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | Warm Springs | 1 hr 15 min | — |
| Wills Memorial Hospital | Washington | 1 hr 45 min | — |
Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Georgia, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.