Medical Center BarbourEufaula, AL
Medical Center Barbour is a public critical access hospital in Eufaula, Alabama, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 37 min in its emergency department, 5 min longer than the Alabama average of 2 hr 32 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyBarbour
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS1005
- Area Code334
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 37 minutes in the emergency department at Medical Center Barbour. That is 5 minutes longer than the Alabama average of 2 hours 32 minutes.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Medical Center Barbour. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Medical Center Barbour was no different from the national benchmark on the one hospital-acquired infection CMS could compare.
Hospital-acquired infections
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 4.6% | 3.9% |
Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.
"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted), for Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.
Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients · Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Back in the hospital within 30 days
| After a stay for | This hospital | U.S. | CMS comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart failure | 22.5% | 21.3% | Not compared |
| Pneumonia | 17.8% | 17.3% | Not compared |
Readmission rates count Medicare patients who were admitted to any acute-care hospital within 30 days of leaving this one, adjusted for how sick they were. "Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national rate statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Return-day and outpatient-surgery measures compare the hospital with what CMS expected for its own patients. The Readmissions Reduction Program ratios are shown as CMS publishes them; whether a hospital's payments are reduced depends on how its ratios compare with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone doesn't mean a penalty. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Medical Center Barbour's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 133 patients. | 157 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 360 patients. | 184 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 84 patients. | 213 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 16,319 patients. | 8% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 230 patients. | 33% | 78% |
| Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepinePatients sent home with prescriptions that raise the risk of overdose when combined. Lower is better. 220 patients. | 11% | 15% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 127 patients. | 28% | 93% |
| Blood clot prevention given in intensive careHigher is better. 202 patients. | 77% | 97%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Inpatient psychiatric unit
CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2024 · unit CCN 011307
Medical Center Barbour runs an inpatient psychiatric unit that reports its own results to Medicare. Physical restraint use: 0.00 here, against 0.29 nationally.
During the stay
Source: CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.
Doctors at Medical Center Barbour
56 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 11 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Medical Center Barbour lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.medctrbarbour.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · covers May 30, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 (216 days, part of a year)
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Alabama hospital finances.
Who owns Medical Center Barbour
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as The Health Care Authority of the City of Eufaula, a non-profit organization, incorporated 2006.
82 doctors and other clinicians list Medical Center Barbour as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Medical Center Barbour
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Barbour is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 19.
Mental health: Barbour is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 11.
Dental: Parts of Barbour are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 20.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Alabama earn a median $77,080 a year. Healthcare salaries in Alabama.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Alabama shortage areas
Find doctors in Eufaula
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Eufaula, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Medical Center Barbour
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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