Critical Access hospitals in Vermont

Critical Access hospitals › Vermont

Vermont has 8 Critical Access hospitals. 8 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 12 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
Porter Hospital, INC	Middlebury	2 hr 56 min	3/5
Copley Hospital	Morrisville	2 hr 12 min	2/5
North Country Hospital and Health Center	Newport	not reported	1/5
Gifford Medical Center	Randolph	not reported	5/5
Springfield Hospital	Springfield	not reported	—
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital	St Johnsbury	not reported	3/5
Grace Cottage Hospital	Townshend	1 hr 47 min	—
Mt Ascutney Hospital	Windsor	not reported	—

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