Madison Parish HospitalTallulah, LA
Madison Parish Hospital is a public critical access hospital in Tallulah, Louisiana, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 5 min in its emergency department, 11 min shorter than the Louisiana average of 2 hr 16 min.
- CountyMADISON
- Emergency CapableYes
Visiting Madison Parish Hospital
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 5 minutes in the emergency department at Madison Parish Hospital. That is 11 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 Madison Parish 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
Madison Parish 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. 4,477 patients. | 125 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 191 patients. | 170 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 235 patients. | 313 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 6,089 patients. | 1% | 2% |
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 Madison Parish Hospital
14 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 6 specialties.
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 Louisiana hospital finances.
Who owns Madison Parish Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Madison Parish Hospital Service District, a non-profit organization.
27 doctors and other clinicians list Madison Parish 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 Madison Parish Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Madison is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 19.
Mental health: Madison is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 18.
Dental: Madison is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 20.
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
Find doctors in Tallulah
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Tallulah, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Madison Parish Hospital
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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