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Critical Access Hospital

Effingham Health System

Springfield, Georgia · Effingham County · Emergency services listed

Effingham Health System is a critical access hospital at 459 Ga Highway 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329. Phone: (912) 754-0160. It has an emergency department.

Data as of October 26, 2026. Source: CMS Hospital General Information and the hospital’s website (checked October 30, 2026).

Summary

Effingham Health System is a critical access hospital in Springfield, Georgia. Medicare data lists emergency services. Its official website lists 46 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 220 affiliated clinicians. Source: CMS Hospital General Information, data updated 2026-10-26.

What is a critical access hospital?

A small rural hospital with 24-hour emergency care, designated by Medicare to keep care available far from big cities. More about hospital types

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Profile from official sources

Built from official Medicare (CMS) data and the hospital’s own website (checked 2026-10-30). Every service links to the page that lists it. Services change: call the hospital to confirm before you go.

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At a glance

YesEmergency services
Not ratedNot rated by CMSMedicare rating
220Doctors and clinicians
46Services listed

Quick answers

Does Effingham Health System have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Effingham Health System. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Effingham Health System?
459 Ga Highway 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329, in Effingham County, Georgia.
What is the phone number of Effingham Health System?
(912) 754-0160, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Effingham Health System?
CMS does not show an overall star rating for this hospital. This is common, for example when a hospital reports too few quality measures or is not part of the rating program.

Specialties and care areas[4][5][7]

Conditions treated[7]

Treatments[5][8]

  • Allergy injections
  • Medication injections and infusions
  • Blood administrations
  • Nebulizer therapy
  • Non-invasive ventilator care

Procedures[4][5][8]

Programs and centers[4][7]

  • Swing Bed Program
  • Surgery Center
  • Telemedicine stroke care (REACH)

Emergency care (hospital website)[4][6][7]

Emergency roomYes
Open 24/7Yes
Trauma designationLevel IV

Doctors and clinicians (220)

220 doctors and other clinicians list Effingham Health System as a hospital where they work, in Medicare's official clinician data (updated 2026-10-02). It is not a complete staff list.

Main specialties

Doctors with a page on this site (220)

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Nursing homes, hospice, home health and dialysis nearby

Medicare-certified providers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance. Hospice and home health care is given at home: their address is the office.

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Outpatient surgery centers nearby

Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance.

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Community care nearby

Health centers, clinics, urgent care and pharmacies closest to this hospital, by straight-line distance, from official HRSA, Medicare and NPI Registry data. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Community health centers

Clinics and urgent care

Pharmacies

About the Medicare star rating

CMS (the federal Medicare agency) gives many hospitals an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars, based on measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. It is one piece of information: ask your doctor what matters for your care. See the full Medicare profile →

Medicare quality data

What Effingham Health System reported to Medicare (CMS), the federal agency that publishes these results for hospitals nationwide. These are averages for many patients, not a prediction for any one person: ask your doctor what matters for your care. In a medical emergency, call 911.

What patients said (patient survey)

What this means: Patients who stayed overnight answered a national survey (HCAHPS) about their stay. More stars mean patients reported a better experience than at other hospitals. The percentages show how often patients gave the best answer, next to the national average.

Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1069%National average: 72%
Would definitely recommend the hospital68%National average: 71%
Nurses “always” communicated well88%National average: 80%
Doctors “always” communicated well90%National average: 80%
“Always” got help as soon as they wanted55%National average: 64%
Staff “always” explained medicines before giving them63%National average: 62%
Were given information about recovery at home92%National average: 86%
Room and bathroom “always” clean56%National average: 73%
Not reported to MedicareSummary star rating (all survey topics); Overall rating of the hospital; Would recommend the hospital; Nurses communicated well; Doctors communicated well; Patients got help quickly from staff; Staff explained medicines; Information about recovery at home; Room and bathroom kept clean; Restfulness of Environment; Care Coordination; Symptoms After Stay
Completed surveys41Response rate: 18%

Source: Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; patients discharged January 2025 to December 2025.

Return visits to the hospital (readmissions)

What this means: The share of patients who had to be admitted to a hospital again within 30 days after going home, adjusted for how sick they were. A lower percentage is better.

Returned to any hospital within 30 days (all patients)16.4%
Not reported to MedicareReadmitted within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery; Readmitted within 30 days: hip or knee replacement
Too few cases to reportReadmitted within 30 days: heart attack; Readmitted within 30 days: heart failure; Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia; Readmitted within 30 days: COPD

Source: Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2024 to June 2025.

Emergency room times and sepsis care

What this means: ER time is the middle (median) time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it; busier ERs usually have longer times, so the ER volume is shown too. Leaving before being seen: a lower percentage is better. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection; a higher percentage means more patients got every recommended early step.

Emergency room volume (patients per year)Medium (20,000–39,999)
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency room before leaving (OP-18b)132 minutesNational average: 162 minutes
Patients who left the emergency room before being seen (OP-22)2%National average: 2%
Sepsis patients who got all the recommended early care (SEP-1)15%National average: 66%

Source: Timely and Effective Care - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; data from January 2024 to December 2024.

Not reported to Medicare: infections caught in the hospital, complications and deaths. For these topics Medicare shows no result for this hospital (not reported, or too few cases).

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ER wait times and Medicare ratings nearby

How this hospital compares with others in the area, ranked only by official Medicare (CMS) numbers.

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Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Effingham Health System yet. Every US hospital must publish its standard charges online (federal price transparency rule): look for “price transparency” or “standard charges” on the hospital’s website, or call the hospital and ask for an estimate. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Hospital information

Hospital typeCritical Access Hospital
Address459 Ga Highway 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329
CountyEffingham County
StateGeorgia
Phone(912) 754‑0160
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
Medicare overall ratingNot rated by CMS
CMS Certification Number111306
Name in Medicare recordsEFFINGHAM HEALTH SYSTEM
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Main phone on the hospital’s website(912) 754‑6451[4]
Official websiteeffinghamhealth.org
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Sources

  1. Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated 2026-10-26, retrieved 2026-11-13
  2. Medicare Care Compare — official Medicare profile of this hospital
  3. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder — map position used for distances

From the hospital’s website

Numbers match the citations above. Checked 2026-10-30.

  1. Effingham Health System: Hospital, Imaging, Cancer Care & More — effinghamhealth.org
  2. Surgery | OR - Effingham Health System — effinghamhealth.org
  3. Effingham Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine - Effingham Health System — effinghamhealth.org
  4. Emergency Medicine - Effingham Health System — effinghamhealth.org
  5. Cardiopulmonary and Respiratory Services - Effingham Health System — effinghamhealth.org