Valley Behavioral Health SystemFort Smith, AR
Valley Behavioral Health System is a non-profit psychiatric hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. CMS records show it does not provide emergency services.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountySebastian
- Emergency CapableNo
- FIPS5131
- Area Code479
Visiting Valley Behavioral Health System
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Valley Behavioral Health System. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
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 Valley Behavioral Health System. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Psychiatric care quality
CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program, data through March 2025
Valley Behavioral Health System reports inpatient psychiatric quality results to Medicare. Follow-up within 7 days: 30% here, against 37% nationally. Where CMS compares facilities statistically, this one is no different from the national rate.
After discharge
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.
Treatment programs near Valley Behavioral Health System
Mental health and substance use programs within 30 miles, for care before or after a hospital stay. In a crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911.
- 1.5mi River Valley Primary Care Services Eastside Family Clinic · 4003 Massard Road, Fort Smith, AR 479-434-4747
- 1.5mi River Valley Primary Care Services Eastside Family Clinic · 4003 Massard Road, Fort Smith, AR 479-434-4747
- 2.4mi Western Arkansas Csl and Guidance Crisis Stabilization Unit · 3113 South 70th Street, Fort Smith, AR 479-785-9480
- 2.4mi Western Arkansas Csl and Guidance Crisis Stabilization Unit · 3113 South 70th Street, Fort Smith, AR 479-785-9480
- 2.5mi Western Arkansas Csl and Guidance Primary Service Center · 3111 South 70th Street, Fort Smith, AR 479-452-6650
- 2.5mi Western Arkansas Csl and Guidance Primary Service Center · 3111 South 70th Street, Fort Smith, AR 479-452-6650
- 3.8mi BHG Medical Services Fort Smith · 1501 Waldron Road, Fort Smith, AR 479-769-2880
- 4.8mi Harbor Behavioral Health 3811 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 479-785-4083
Source: SAMHSA, FindTreatment.gov. Call to confirm services, insurance and openings.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Valley Behavioral Health System lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.valleybehavioral.com/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 · fiscal year ending Dec 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 Arkansas hospital finances.
Who owns Valley Behavioral Health System
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Valley Behavioral Health System LLC, a for-profit organization, incorporated 2012.
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 Valley Behavioral Health System
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Sebastian are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.
Mental health: Parts of Sebastian are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Parts of Sebastian are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Arkansas earn a median $78,940 a year. Healthcare salaries in Arkansas.
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. Arkansas shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Fort Smith, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.