Critical Access hospitals in Hawaii

Critical Access hospitals › Hawaii

Hawaii has 9 Critical Access hospitals. 9 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 19 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
Honoka'a Hospital and Skilled Nursing	Honokaa	1 hr 4 min	—
Kahuku Medical Center	Kahuku	1 hr 19 min	—
Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital	Kapaa	1 hr 1 min	—
Kohala Hospital	Kapaau	1 hr 22 min	—
Molokai General Hospital	Kaunakakai	1 hr 28 min	—
Kula Hospital	Kula	54 min	—
Lanai Community Hospital	Lanai City	1 hr 21 min	—
Kau Hospital	Pahala	1 hr 19 min	—
Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital	Waimea	1 hr 19 min	—

Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Hawaii, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.