Lauderdale Community HospitalRipley, TN
Lauderdale Community Hospital is a for-profit critical access hospital in Ripley, Tennessee, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 55 min in its emergency department, 49 min shorter than the Tennessee average of 2 hr 44 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyLauderdale
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS47097
- Area Code731
Visiting Lauderdale Community Hospital
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 55 minutes in the emergency department at Lauderdale Community Hospital. That is 49 minutes shorter than the Tennessee average of 2 hours 44 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 Lauderdale Community Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 4.1% | 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.
"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.
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Stroke: brain scan read within 45 minutes of ER arrivalPatients arriving with stroke symptoms whose head CT or MRI was interpreted within 45 minutes. Higher is better. 13 patients. | 46% | 69% |
| 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. 769 patients. | 115 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 20 patients. | 163 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 73 patients. | 236 min | 287 min |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 192 patients. | 44% | 78% |
| 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. 29 patients. | 14% | 15% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 144 patients. | 51% | 90%* |
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.
Doctors at Lauderdale Community Hospital
16 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 7 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Lauderdale Community Hospital lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.lauderdalehospital.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 Tennessee hospital finances.
Who owns Lauderdale Community Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Lauderdale Community Hospital LLC, a for-profit organization, incorporated 2020.
40 doctors and other clinicians list Lauderdale Community 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 Lauderdale Community Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Lauderdale is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 16.
Mental health: Parts of Lauderdale are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.
Dental: Parts of Lauderdale are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Tennessee earn a median $81,500 a year. Healthcare salaries in Tennessee.
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. Tennessee shortage areas
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Care after a stay at Lauderdale Community Hospital
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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