Black Health
Critical Access Birthing-friendly

Amberwell Atchison Association

800 Raven Hill Drive, Atchison, KS 66002 · (913) 367-2131

Ownership

Non-profit

Voluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Provider #

171382

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(913) 367-2131

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

2

measures reported

Safety

1

measures reported

Readmission

4

measures reported

Patient experience

8

HCAHPS dimensions

Timely & effective

7

measures reported

Amberwell Atchison Association in context

AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION is a critical-access hospital in Atchison, Kansas, running as a non-profit hospital. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 171382, 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: 2 mortality measures reported with none flagged; 1 safety measures reported with none flagged; 4 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: AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay), and the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, which requires attesting to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) obstetric safety bundles.

Statewide context: Kansas has one of the densest critical-access hospital networks in the country. KU Hospital in Kansas City is the state's primary tertiary referral center and handles most complex maternal cases.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION in Atchison, Kansas, 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 Kansas 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/kansas/ 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

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FQHCs near Atchison

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

Providers

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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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