Critical Access hospitals in Massachusetts

Critical Access hospitals › Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 4 Critical Access hospitals. 4 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 37 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
Athol Memorial Hospital	Athol	2 hr 54 min	2/5
Fairview Hospital	Great Barrington	1 hr 53 min	5/5
North Adams Regional Hospital Corporation	North Adams	2 hr 34 min	—
Martha's Vineyard Hospital INC	Vineyard Haven	2 hr 37 min	4/5

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