Lallie Kemp Medical CenterIndependence, LA
Lallie Kemp Medical Center is a public critical access hospital in Independence, Louisiana, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 41 min in its emergency department, 35 min shorter than the Louisiana average of 2 hr 16 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyTangipahoa
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS22105
- Area Code985
Visiting Lallie Kemp Medical Center
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 41 minutes in the emergency department at Lallie Kemp Medical Center. That is 35 minutes shorter than the Louisiana average of 2 hours 16 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 Lallie Kemp Medical Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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What patients say
CMS patient survey (HCAHPS) · 56 completed surveys · patients discharged Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
80% would definitely recommend it (U.S. average 71%). 83% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
The patient survey (HCAHPS) asks a random sample of adult patients about their recent hospital stay. CMS adjusts the results for the mix of patients and how the survey was done, so hospitals can be compared fairly. CMS gives a star rating only to hospitals with at least 100 completed surveys, so this hospital has answer percentages but no stars. These results come from fewer than 100 completed surveys, so CMS advises using them with caution. About the data.
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Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients
On the 1 readmission and return-visit measures CMS could compare, Lallie Kemp Medical Center was no different from the national rate or its expected level.
Return trips after a stay or procedure
Readmission rates count Medicare patients who were admitted to any acute-care hospital within 30 days of leaving this one, adjusted for how sick they were. "Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national rate statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Return-day and outpatient-surgery measures compare the hospital with what CMS expected for its own patients. The Readmissions Reduction Program ratios are shown as CMS publishes them; whether a hospital's payments are reduced depends on how its ratios compare with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone doesn't mean a penalty. About the data.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Lallie Kemp Medical Center'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. 365 patients. | 101 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 14 patients. | 212 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 23 patients. | 265 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 16,512 patients. | 3% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 459 patients. | 88% | 78% |
| Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepinePatients sent home with prescriptions that raise the risk of overdose when combined. Lower is better. 67 patients. | 13% | 15% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 172 patients. | 82% | 93% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 189 patients. | 91% | 90%* |
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. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Doctors at Lallie Kemp Medical Center
33 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 11 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 Louisiana hospital finances.
Who owns Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Lallie Kemp Medical Ctr, a non-profit organization.
74 doctors and other clinicians list Lallie Kemp 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 Lallie Kemp Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Tangipahoa are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 11.
Mental health: Tangipahoa is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Parts of Tangipahoa are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Louisiana earn a median $80,230 a year. Healthcare salaries in Louisiana.
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. Louisiana shortage areas
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