Critical Access hospitals in Kentucky
Critical Access hospitals › Kentucky
Kentucky has 29 Critical Access hospitals. 29 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Medical Center at Albany | Albany | not reported | — |
| Knox County Hospital | Barbourville | 2 hr 17 min | — |
| Marshall County Hospital | Benton | 1 hr 32 min | 2/5 |
| Saint Joseph Berea | Berea | 2 hr 6 min | 4/5 |
| Cumberland County Hospital | Burkesville | 1 hr 33 min | — |
| Trigg County Hospital | Cadiz | 2 hr 21 min | — |
| Carroll County Hospital | Carrollton | 1 hr 45 min | — |
| The Medical Center at Franklin | Franklin | not reported | — |
| Jane Todd Crawford Hospital | Greensburg | 2 hr 14 min | — |
| The James B Haggin Memorial Hospital | Harrodsburg | 1 hr 39 min | — |
| Ohio County Hospital | Hartford | 1 hr 47 min | 2/5 |
| Caverna Memorial Hospital | Horse Cave | not reported | — |
| Mary Breckinridge Hospital | Hyden | 1 hr 40 min | — |
| Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital | Irvine | 2 hr 8 min | 4/5 |
| Breckinridge Memorial Hospital | Irvington | 1 hr 40 min | 1/5 |
| Kentucky River Medical Center | Jackson | 2 hr 3 min | — |
| Casey County Hospital | Liberty | 1 hr 34 min | 3/5 |
| Saint Joseph Martin | Martin | 1 hr 24 min | — |
| McDowell Arh Hospital | McDowell | 1 hr 26 min | — |
| Wayne County Hospital | Monticello | not reported | — |
| Methodist Hospital Union County | Morganfield | 1 hr 52 min | — |
| Caldwell Medical Center | Princeton | not reported | — |
| Russell County Hospital | Russell Springs | not reported | — |
| Livingston Hospital and Healthcare | Salem | 1 hr 46 min | 4/5 |
| The Medical Center at Scottsville | Scottsville | not reported | — |
| Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital | Stanford | 1 hr 41 min | — |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital | Versailles | 1 hr 32 min | — |
| Morgan County Arh Hospital | West Liberty | 2 hr 8 min | — |
| St Elizabeth Grant | Williamstown | 1 hr 42 min | — |
Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Kentucky, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.