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Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA

1700 South Lincoln Avenue, Lebanon, PA 17042Lebanon County

VA acute care hospital Emergency room

Independent directory · data from CMS, not from this hospital

Lebanon VA Medical Center is a VA acute care hospital in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with an emergency department. According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the October 2026 CMS release, Medicare rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall, and patients give it 5 out of 5 in the Medicare patient survey.

Visiting Lebanon VA Medical Center

Address 1700 South Lincoln Avenue
Lebanon, PA 17042
County: Lebanon
Directions Apple Maps Call (717) 228-5901
Emergency room Yes, Lebanon VA Medical Center has an emergency room. ER times across PA
What to bring
  • Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
  • A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
  • Your doctor's name and phone number
  • A phone charger
Visiting hours and parking vary: call ahead.

Quick answers about Lebanon VA Medical Center

What is the phone number for Lebanon VA Medical Center?

The main phone number for Lebanon VA Medical Center is (717) 228-5901, from Medicare's hospital records.

Call (717) 228-5901
What is the address of Lebanon VA Medical Center?

Lebanon VA Medical Center is at 1700 South Lincoln Avenue, Lebanon, PA 17042.

Directions (opens Google Maps)
Does Lebanon VA Medical Center have an emergency room?

Yes. Lebanon VA Medical Center has an emergency department, according to Medicare data.

What is Lebanon VA Medical Center's Medicare star rating?

Lebanon VA Medical Center has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Star ratings come from CMS quality and safety measures, not patient reviews.

Quality and performance

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of October 2026

CMS rating ★★★★★ 5/5
Left before seen 1%
ER volume low
Type Acute Care - Veterans Administration
Ownership VA

CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Lebanon VA Medical Center. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.

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 Lebanon VA Medical Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.

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What patients say

CMS patient survey (HCAHPS) · 522 completed surveys · patients discharged Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

Patients gave Lebanon VA Medical Center a 5-star patient experience rating out of 5. 86% would definitely recommend it (U.S. average 71%). 85% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.

Patient star rating ★★★★★ 5 out of 5
Would definitely recommend 86% U.S. 71% · PA 70%
Rated 9 or 10 of 10 85% U.S. 72% · PA 71%
Survey response rate 47% of patients surveyed
Nurse communicationDid nurses treat you with courtesy and respect, listen carefully and explain things clearly?
★★★★★
88% always · 1% sometimes or never · U.S. 80% always
Doctor communicationDid doctors treat you with courtesy and respect, listen carefully and explain things clearly?
★★★★★
87% always · 3% sometimes or never · U.S. 80% always
Communication about medicinesBefore giving you a new medicine, did staff tell you what it was for and its possible side effects?
★★★★★
74% always · 10% sometimes or never · U.S. 62% always
Discharge informationDid staff talk with you about help you would need at home and symptoms to watch for?
★★★★★
93% yes · 7% no · U.S. 86% yes
CleanlinessHow often were your room and bathroom kept clean?
★★★★★
79% always · 8% sometimes or never · U.S. 73% always
Overall hospital ratingUsing any number from 0 to 10, what number would you use to rate this hospital?
★★★★★
85% 9 or 10 · 4% 6 or lower · U.S. 72% 9 or 10
Would recommendWould you recommend this hospital to your friends and family?
★★★★★
86% definitely yes · 3% no · U.S. 71% definitely yes

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. About the data.

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Infections, complications and deaths

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide

Death rates within 30 days

Patients treated forThis hospitalU.S.
Heart failure patients 6.8% 11.1%
Pneumonia patients 11.4% 15.2%
COPD patients 6.9% 8.6%
Hospital-wide, all conditions 3.6% 3.9%

Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.

Other complications

None of the other safety indicators CMS compares was statistically better or worse than national.

All 1 complication measures
MeasureThis hospitalU.S.CMS comparison
Complications after hip or knee replacement% of patients 3.7 4.1 Not compared

"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.

Health care eligibility at Lebanon VA Medical Center

Lebanon VA Medical Center is a VA medical center. VA hospitals care for veterans enrolled in VA health care; contact the VA to check your eligibility before you go.

Pennsylvania runs its own exchange, Pennie. Check its provider directory for Lebanon VA Medical Center.

Is Lebanon VA Medical Center in your plan?

Pennsylvania runs its own health insurance marketplace, so plan networks there aren't in HealthCare.gov's data.

Check on Pennie

Source: the insurers' 2027 machine-readable provider files listed in the CMS Marketplace public use files, loaded November 4, 2026, matched to hospitals by NPI from CMS Hospital Enrollments. How we match networks to hospitals Networks change; confirm with your insurer before you go.

Readmissions and return visits

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Medicare patients · Jul 2024 – Jun 2025

Back in the hospital within 30 days

After a stay forThis hospitalU.S.CMS comparison
All conditions (hospital-wide)Medicare patients back in any hospital within 30 days of leaving. 15.3% 16.2% Not compared
Heart failure 19.4% 21.3% Not compared
Pneumonia 16.9% 17.3% Not compared
COPD (chronic lung disease) 20.8% 20% Not compared

Return trips after a stay or procedure

Extra days back in hospital after heart failureDays spent back in the ER, under observation or readmitted within 30 days, per 100 discharges, compared with what was expected.
Not compared -46.3 days per 100 discharges vs expected · U.S. +1.2
Extra days back in hospital after pneumoniaDays spent back in the ER, under observation or readmitted within 30 days, per 100 discharges, compared with what was expected.
Not compared -40.6 days per 100 discharges vs expected · U.S. +3.9

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 · Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

Lebanon VA Medical Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.

MeasureThis hospitalU.S.*
Sepsis: got all recommended early treatmentPatients with severe sepsis or septic shock who received every step of the recommended early care bundle. Higher is better. 66 patients. 73% 66%
Septic shock: full treatment within 3 hoursHigher is better. 49 patients. 98% 75%
Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 11,390 patients. 1% 2%
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 2,205 patients. 80% 77%
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. 372 patients. 13% 16%
Colonoscopy: right follow-up interval for average-risk patientsHigher is better. 37 patients. 100% 93%
Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 863 patients. 85% 91%*
Blood clot prevention given in intensive careHigher is better. 27 patients. 85% 97%*
Stroke: discharged on clot-prevention medicineHigher is better. 25 patients. 100% 98%*

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.

Care after a stay at Lebanon VA Medical Center

Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.

Skilled nursing facilities nearby

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Source: CMS Care Compare. Distances are approximate.

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Find doctors in Lebanon

Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Lebanon, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.

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The area around Lebanon VA Medical Center

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Dental: Parts of Lebanon are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 13.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Pennsylvania earn a median $96,430 a year. Healthcare salaries in Pennsylvania.

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. Pennsylvania shortage areas

Healthcare pay in Pennsylvania

Registered nurses across Pennsylvania (all employers) earned a median of $96,430 a year (BLS, May 2025).Registered Nurse (RN) salary in PennsylvaniaNurse Practitioner salary in PennsylvaniaRespiratory Therapist salary in PennsylvaniaHealthcare salaries in Pennsylvania

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