Cass Lake Indian Health Services HospitalCass Lake, MN
Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital is a federal critical access hospital in Cass Lake, Minnesota, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 8 min in its emergency department, 1 hr 7 min shorter than the Minnesota average of 2 hr 15 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyCass
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS27021
- Area Code218
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 8 minutes in the emergency department at Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital. That is 1 hour 7 minutes shorter than the Minnesota average of 2 hours 15 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 Cass Lake Indian Health Services 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
Cass Lake Indian Health Services 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. 344 patients. | 68 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 19 patients. | 175 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 29 patients. | 174 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 8,961 patients. | 3% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 204 patients. | 87% | 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.
Doctors at Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital
13 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 7 specialties.
Who owns Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Department of Health & Human Services Phs Ihs, a non-profit organization.
39 doctors and other clinicians list Cass Lake Indian Health Services 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 Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Cass are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 13.
Mental health: Cass is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Dental: Parts of Cass are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Minnesota earn a median $101,510 a year. Healthcare salaries in Minnesota.
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. Minnesota shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Cass Lake, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.