Black Health
Critical Access

Minidoka Memorial Hospital

1224 8th Street, Rupert, ID 83350 · (208) 436-0481

Ownership

Public / government

Government - Local

CMS Provider #

131319

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(208) 436-0481

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

Not reported

Safety

Not reported

Readmission

3

measures reported

Patient experience

Not reported

Timely & effective

4

measures reported

Minidoka Memorial Hospital in context

MINIDOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL is a critical-access hospital in Rupert, Idaho, running as a county / municipal public hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 131319, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS has not assigned an overall Hospital Compare star rating to this facility — usually because the hospital reports too few of the measure groups to qualify, which is common for critical-access hospitals and specialty facilities. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 3 readmission measures reported with none flagged. CMS's composite rating weights mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care across all reporting measures; it is not stratified by patient race.

Operationally: MINIDOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay).

Statewide context: Idaho's rural hospital network relies heavily on critical-access designation. Race-stratified measures are frequently suppressed at the facility level; we surface CMS Compare overall data where reported.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at MINIDOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Rupert, Idaho, a few concrete steps:

  • Bring an advocate. National data from CDC's Black maternal mortality review show the single biggest reduction in missed-diagnosis rates comes from a second set of ears in the room — a partner, a doula, a family member. Ask in advance that they be credentialed as a visitor; the hospital cannot turn away a designated support person.
  • If you need ongoing primary care, our Idaho provider directory filters to physicians who accept Medicaid and speak Spanish / Haitian Creole / ASL where relevant. Filter to your insurance first.
  • If the hospital doesn't take your coverage, the closest Federally Qualified Health Center is listed under our FQHCs in this area. FQHCs serve every patient on a sliding-fee scale regardless of insurance status.
  • For help paying for care, the state Medicaid navigator at /medicaid/idaho/ explains eligibility, documents, and how to apply (same-day presumptive eligibility for pregnancy).
  • If you are treated dismissively or your pain is ignored, every Medicare-certified hospital is required by CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.13) to have a grievance procedure; file in writing and request the CMS regional office contact if the hospital ombuds does not respond within seven days.

Alternatives & nearby care

Sliding-scale clinics

FQHCs near Rupert

Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.

Providers

Providers in ID

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State rollup

All hospitals in Idaho

Safety-net systems, state scorecard, rollups by CMS star rating.

References & primary sources

  • CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (the primary source for overall star rating, measure-group counts, ownership, ER, birthing-friendly flag): data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u.
  • CMS Care Compare facility profile — this hospital's public page: Care Compare.gov search by CCN.
  • 42 CFR Part 482 — Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (source for grievance-procedure rights + EMTALA): ecfr.gov / Title 42 Part 482.
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — the obstetric safety bundles underlying the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: saferbirth.org.

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