Bluffton HospitalBluffton, OH
Bluffton Hospital is a non-profit critical access hospital in Bluffton, Ohio, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 8 min in its emergency department, 34 min shorter than the Ohio average of 2 hr 42 min.
- Time ZoneEST
- CountyAllen
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS39003
- Area Code419
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 8 minutes in the emergency department at Bluffton Hospital. That is 34 minutes shorter than the Ohio average of 2 hours 42 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 Bluffton Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Readmissions and return visits
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients
On the 2 readmission and return-visit measures CMS could compare, Bluffton 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
Bluffton 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. 367 patients. | 128 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 66 patients. | 328 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 4,844 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 231 patients. | 49% | 78% |
| Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 95 patients. | 99% | 93% |
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 Bluffton Hospital
98 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 21 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Bluffton Hospital lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.bvhealthsystem.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
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 Ohio hospital finances.
Who owns Bluffton Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1982.
187 doctors and other clinicians list Bluffton 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.
Non-profit finances
IRS Form 990 · tax year ending Dec 2023 · Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center (EIN 34-1369963)
As filed with the IRS by Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, which also files for 1 other hospital listed here, so the figures cover more than this hospital. Matched by name and address, so check the filing to confirm it's the right organization. See the full Form 990 filings · Non-profit hospital finances.
The area around Bluffton Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Allen are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 15.
Mental health: Parts of Allen are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 19.
Dental: Parts of Allen are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 13.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Ohio earn a median $82,510 a year. Healthcare salaries in Ohio.
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. Ohio shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Bluffton, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.