Kentucky River Medical CenterJackson, KY
Kentucky River Medical Center is a for-profit critical access hospital in Jackson, Kentucky, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 3 min in its emergency department, 25 min shorter than the Kentucky average of 2 hr 28 min.
- CountyBREATHITT
- Emergency CapableYes
Visiting Kentucky River Medical Center
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- Your doctor's name and phone number
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 3 minutes in the emergency department at Kentucky River Medical Center. That is 25 minutes shorter than the Kentucky average of 2 hours 28 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 Kentucky River Medical Center. 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
| 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. 374 patients. | 123 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 16 patients. | 188 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 31 patients. | 214 min | 287 min |
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.
Doctors at Kentucky River Medical Center
26 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 10 specialties.
Who owns Kentucky River Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Jackson Hospital Corporation, a for-profit organization.
67 doctors and other clinicians list Kentucky River Medical Center 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 Kentucky River Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Breathitt is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 11.
Mental health: Breathitt is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Parts of Breathitt are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 19.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Kentucky earn a median $81,040 a year. Healthcare salaries in Kentucky.
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. Kentucky shortage areas
Find doctors in Jackson
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Jackson, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.