Baptist Health - van BurenVan Buren, AR
Baptist Health - van Buren is a non-profit acute care hospital in Van Buren, Arkansas, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 11 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 8 min shorter than the Arkansas average of 2 hr 19 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyCrawford
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS5033
- Area Code479
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 11 minutes in the emergency department at Baptist Health - van Buren. That is 1 hour 8 minutes shorter than the Arkansas average of 2 hours 19 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 Baptist Health - van Buren. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
"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). 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.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Baptist Health - van Buren'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. 339 patients. | 71 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 29 patients. | 178 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 18,723 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 51 patients. | 78% | 78% |
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. About the data.
Medicare spending and payment programs
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.
Doctors at Baptist Health - van Buren
33 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 6 specialties.
What Medicare paid at Baptist Health - van Buren
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · original Medicare patients · 2024
Average hospital charges and actual payments for the procedures Medicare patients most often had here, compared with the average for Arkansas.
Outpatient services
| Service | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 Musculoskeletal ProceduresAPC 5112 | – | – | – |
| Level 3 Vascular ProceduresAPC 5183 | – | – | – |
| Comprehensive Observation ServicesAPC 8011 | – | – | – |
Charges are the hospital's list prices; payments are what Medicare, the patient and any other insurer actually paid (for outpatient services, Medicare's allowed amount). Private insurance prices differ. "vs state" compares this hospital's average payment with the state average for the same stay. All procedure costs.
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 Baptist Health - van Buren
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Baptist Health Regional Hospitals, a for-profit organization.
54 doctors and other clinicians list Baptist Health - van Buren 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 Baptist Health - van Buren
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Crawford are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.
Mental health: Parts of Crawford are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Parts of Crawford 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
Find doctors in Van Buren
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Van Buren, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Baptist Health - van Buren
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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