Hospitals & Nursing Homes in Mississippi

Last updated: December 2025.

At a glance

106
Hospitals
201
Nursing homes

Want to see how Mississippi compares to the rest of the country? View the ER waits by state report or browse all CareTransparency reports.

Highlights

Top-performing facilities in Mississippi based on official federal data.

Fastest emergency rooms

Hospitals with shortest typical ER wait times (lower is better):

Hospital City Wait
Baptist Medical Center Attala Kosciusko 1h 12m
Magee General Hospital Magee 1h 16m
Ochsner Scott Regional Morton 1h 16m
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman 1h 17m
Tippah County Hospital Ripley 1h 23m
Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed Eupora 1h 28m
Merit Health Central Jackson 1h 28m
Covington County Hospital Cah Collins 1h 28m
Baptist Medical Center-Leake Carthage 1h 31m
Bmh-Calhoun Calhoun City 1h 31m

Best Registered Nurse (RN) staffing

Nursing homes with most RN hours per resident per day (higher is better):

Nursing home City RN hrs
Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit Hattiesburg 2.57
Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg 2.31
Singing River Skilled Nursing Facility Pascagoula 1.92
James T Champion Meridian 1.59
Methodist Specialty Care Center Flowood 1.54
Reginald P White Nursing Facility Meridian 1.28
Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home Okolona 1.21
Arrington Living Center Collins 1.04
Hilltop Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center Union 1.02
Sunshine Health Care, Inc. Pontotoc 1.02

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