- CountyPINAL
- Emergency CapableYes
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 9 minutes in the emergency department at Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital. That is 49 minutes shorter than the Arizona average of 2 hours 58 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 Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital's emergency department is classed by CMS as medium 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. 397 patients. | 129 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 12 patients. | 230 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 30 patients. | 328 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 27,306 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| 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. 34 patients. | 24% | 15% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 217 patients. | 97% | 90%* |
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.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Sep 2024
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 Arizona hospital finances.
Who owns Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Gila River Health Care Corporation, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1995.
263 doctors and other clinicians list Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital 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 Huhu Kam Memorial Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Pinal are federally designated health professional shortage areas (16 designations). Highest shortage score 20.
Mental health: Parts of Pinal are federally designated health professional shortage areas (16 designations). Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Parts of Pinal are federally designated health professional shortage areas (14 designations). Highest shortage score 23.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Arizona earn a median $99,500 a year. Healthcare salaries in Arizona.
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. Arizona shortage areas