Critical Access hospitals in Tennessee

Critical Access hospitals › Tennessee

Tennessee has 15 Critical Access hospitals. 15 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
West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital	Bolivar	2 hr 14 min	—
Camden General Hospital	Camden	2 hr 20 min	—
Riverview Regional Medical Center South	Carthage	1 hr 34 min	4/5
Hickman Community Health Services	Centerville	2 hr 47 min	—
Rhea Medical Center	Dayton	2 hr 50 min	2/5
Houston County Community Hospital	Erin	1 hr 51 min	—
Trousdale Medical Center	Hartsville	1 hr 13 min	—
Macon County General Hospital	Lafayette	1 hr 48 min	3/5
Marshall Medical Center	Lewisburg	2 hr 1 min	—
Johnson County Community Hospital	Mountain City	2 hr 11 min	—
Big South Fork Medical Center	Oneida	2 hr 50 min	—
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital	Pikeville	1 hr 36 min	—
Lauderdale Community Hospital	Ripley	1 hr 55 min	—
Wellmont Hancock County Hospital	Sneedville	1 hr 44 min	—
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers	Waverly	2 hr 7 min	—

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