Samuel Mahelona Memorial HospitalKapaa, HI
Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital is a public critical access hospital in Kapaa, Hawaii, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 1 min in its emergency department, 59 min shorter than the Hawaii average of 2 hr.
- CountyKAUAI
- Emergency CapableYes
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 1 minute in the emergency department at Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital. That is 59 minutes shorter than the Hawaii average of 2 hours.
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 Samuel Mahelona 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
Samuel Mahelona Memorial 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. 421 patients. | 61 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 14 patients. | 88 min | 257 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 7,242 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 108 patients. | 42% | 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.
Inpatient psychiatric unit
CMS Inpatient psychiatric care Quality Reporting Program, data through March 2025 · unit CCN 121306
Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital runs an inpatient psychiatric unit that reports its own results to Medicare. Discharge record sent: 52% here, against 63% nationally.
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.
Doctors at Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital
23 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 9 specialties.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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 Hawaii hospital finances.
Who owns Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1996.
60 doctors and other clinicians list Samuel Mahelona 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 Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Kauai is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 10.
Mental health: Kauai is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Dental: Parts of Kauai are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Hawaii earn a median $136,320 a year. Healthcare salaries in Hawaii.
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. Hawaii shortage areas
Find doctors in Kapaa
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Kapaa, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.