Small, Rural Hospitals
Oregon’s small and rural hospitals provide services for more than one million people in the state. They are defined by ORS 442.470 as those hospitals operating fewer than 100 beds and are classified by the state as Type A, Type B, Type C, or Critical Access Hospital, depending on bed size and distance from another hospital.
Type A hospitals are small and remote and have 50 or fewer beds. They are located more than 30 miles from another acute care, inpatient facility.
Type B hospitals are small and rural and have 50 or fewer beds. Type B hospitals are located 30 miles or less from another acute care facility.
Type C hospitals are considered rural and have more than 50 beds, but are not a rural referral center.
Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) . The federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established a program for rural communities to preserve access to primary care and emergency health care services, provide health care services that meet community needs, and help assure the financial viability of small, rural hospitals through classification as Critical Access Hospitals. A critical access hospital (CAH) is able to improve its financial stability through enhanced Medicare reimbursement and reduced operating costs.
For more information, go to http://www.ohsu.edu/oregonruralhealth/cahinfopg.html.
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Rural Referral Centers. Four hospitals in Oregon are designated as rural referral centers. They are:
St. Charles Medical Center-Bend
Merle West Medical Center, Klamath Falls
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis
Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay.
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Type A:
Blue Mountain Hospital – CAH
Curry General Hospital – CAH
Good Shepherd Medical Center
Grande Ronde Hospital – CAH
Harney District Hospital – CAH
Holy Rosary Medical Center
Lake District Hospital – CAH
Pioneer Memorial Hospital (H) – CAH
St. Anthony Hospital – CAH
St. Elizabeth Health Services – CAH
Tillamook County General Hospital – CAH
Wallowa Memorial Hospital – CAH
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Type B:
Ashland Community Hospital
Columbia Memorial Hospital – CAH
Coquille Valley Hospital – CAH
Cottage Grove Community Hospital – CAH
Lower Umpqua Hospital – CAH
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Mountain View Hospital
Peace Harbor Hospital – CAH
Pioneer Memorial Hospital (P) – CAH
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital – CAH
Providence Newberg Hospital
Providence Seaside Hospital – CAH
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital – CAH
Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital – CAH
Santiam Memorial Hospital
Silverton Hospital
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center – CAH
St. Charles Medical Center-Redmond
West Valley Hospital - CAH
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Type C:
Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg
Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Three Rivers Community Hospital
Willamette Valley Medical Center
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