Corewell Health Watervliet HospitalWatervliet, MI
Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital is a non-profit acute care hospital in Watervliet, Michigan, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 39 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 4 min shorter than the Michigan average of 2 hr 43 min.
- Time ZoneEST
- CountyBerrien
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS26021
- Area Code269
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 39 minutes in the emergency department at Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital. That is 1 hour 4 minutes shorter than the Michigan average of 2 hours 43 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 Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.
Nearby ERs with shorter visits
Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients
On the 1 readmission and return-visit measures CMS could compare, Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital 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
Corewell Health Watervliet 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. 397 patients. | 99 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 24 patients. | 312 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 13,455 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 198 patients. | 80% | 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.
Medicare spending and payment programs
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.
Inpatient rehabilitation unit
CMS Inpatient rehabilitation Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025 · unit CCN 23T078
Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital runs an inpatient rehabilitation unit that reports its own results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 68% here, against 67% nationally. Where CMS compares facilities statistically, this one is no different from the national rate.
Results
Safety
Cost
Source: CMS Inpatient rehabilitation 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.
Doctors at Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital
126 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 23 specialties.
What Medicare paid at Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · original Medicare patients · 2024
Average hospital charges and actual payments for the procedures Medicare patients most often had here, compared with the average for Michigan.
Outpatient services
| Service | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal ProceduresAPC 5113 | 33 | $15,288 | $2,495 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal ProceduresAPC 5115 | 24 | $45,400 | $10,633 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal ProceduresAPC 5114 | 13 | $27,189 | $6,232 |
| Level 2 Musculoskeletal ProceduresAPC 5112 | 12 | $4,241 | $1,307 |
| Level 3 Excision/Biopsy/Incision and DrainageAPC 5073 | – | – | – |
Charges are the hospital's list prices; payments are what Medicare, the patient and any other insurer actually paid (for outpatient services, Medicare's allowed amount). Private insurance prices differ. "vs state" compares this hospital's average payment with the state average for the same stay. All procedure costs.
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 Michigan hospital finances.
Who owns Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Lakeland Community Hospital Watervliet, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1947.
247 doctors and other clinicians list Corewell Health Watervliet 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 Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Berrien are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.
Mental health: Berrien is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Dental: Parts of Berrien are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Michigan earn a median $94,300 a year. Healthcare salaries in Michigan.
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. Michigan shortage areas
Find doctors in Watervliet
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Watervliet, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.