- CountyKIOWA
- Emergency CapableYes
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 58 minutes in the emergency department at Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital. That is 21 minutes shorter than the Colorado 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 Weisbrod Memorial County 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
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital'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. 269 patients. | 118 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 13 patients. | 114 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 29 patients. | 264 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 556 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 92 patients. | 98% | 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.
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 Colorado hospital finances.
Who owns Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as County of Kiowa Hospital District, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1992.
10 doctors and other clinicians list Weisbrod Memorial County 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 Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Kiowa are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 5.
Mental health: Kiowa is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 21.
Dental: Kiowa is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 7.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Colorado earn a median $100,260 a year. Healthcare salaries in Colorado.
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. Colorado shortage areas