Long-term care hospitals in Georgia · LTCH

South Georgia Specialty Hospital

2000 Palmyra Rd 3rd Floor, Albany, GA 31701 · Dougherty County

South Georgia Specialty Hospital is a long-term care hospital in Albany, Georgia, listed in CMS's Medicare data. CMS has not published quality measure values for it.

Discharge to community (risk-standardized): –
Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days (RSRR): –
Total number of beds: –
Initial Medicare certification: 2025

For profit CMS Certification Number 112019

Figures are shown as CMS published them. The site does not rank or recommend facilities. Measure names are the ones CMS uses on Medicare.gov.

CMS has not published quality measure values for this facility. CMS's note: Data not available for this reporting period.

Going home and returning to the hospital

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Rate of successful return to home or community from an LTCH Period: October 2023 to September 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	15.24%National observed discharge to community rate
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from an LTCH Period: October 2023 to September 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	22.39%National unadjusted average potentially preventable readmission rate

The facility figure is CMS's risk-standardized rate; the U.S. figure is the national observed or unadjusted rate, as CMS's data dictionary describes it. The comparison is the category CMS assigns the facility against the national rate. CMS publishes these rates only when there are at least 25 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Percentage of patients who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	48.22%National rate
Change in ability to move around for patients admitted on a ventilator Period: January 2024 to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	6.26National rate

Ventilator care

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Spontaneous Breathing Trials - Percentage of patients on ventilators assessed for readiness to begin breathing trials without a ventilator within the first 2 days of their LTCH stay (component 1) Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	96.04%National rate – component 1
Spontaneous Breathing Trials - Percentage of patients on ventilators who appropriately received breathing trials within the first 2 days of their LTCH stay (component 2) Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	97.43%National rate – component 2
Percentage of patients that were successfully weaned from the ventilator during their LTCH stay Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	54.93%National rate

Falls, pressure ulcers and infections

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Percentage of LTCH patients who experience one or more falls with major injury during their LTCH stay Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	0.09%National rate
Percentage of patients with pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	2.33%National rate
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Period: October 2024 to September 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	0.697Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in nation; standardized infection ratio (SIR)
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) Period: October 2024 to September 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	0.672Central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in nation
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) Period: October 2024 to September 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	0.243Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in the nation

For infections, CMS publishes a standardized infection ratio (SIR): the number of infections reported (A) divided by the predicted number of infections (B). The comparison is the category CMS assigns the facility against the national benchmark. The U.S. figure is the one in CMS's national data file; the data dictionary does not say it is the benchmark used for the category.

Medications at discharge

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Percentage of patients whose medications were reviewed and who received follow-up care when medication issues were identified Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	95.80%National rate
Percentage of patients where the LTCH provided a current medication list to the next health care setting Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	82.96%National rate
Percentage of patients where the LTCH provided a current medication list to the patient, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge Period: January to December 2025	Data not available for this reporting period.	88.61%National rate

Staff flu shots and Medicare spending

Measure	This facility	U.S.
Percentage of health care personnel who got a flu shot for the current season Period: October 2024 to March 2025	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	69.40%National rate of flu vaccination
Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) for patients in LTCHs Period: October 2022 to September 2024	Data not submitted for this reporting period.	1.00MSPB Score (National)

CMS's data dictionary describes Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary only as the "MSPB score"; this site does not add an interpretation.

What Medicare covers in a long-term care hospital

Medicare.gov says Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers care in a long-term care hospital. These hospitals typically care for patients with more than one serious medical condition, who may improve with time and care and eventually return home.

They may offer services like respiratory therapy, head trauma treatment and pain management.
After discharge, many people get care in a skilled nursing facility or custodial care in a long-term care facility.

What the patient pays each benefit period in 2026, according to Medicare.gov:

Days 1–60: $0 a day, after the $1,736 deductible.
Days 61–90: $434 a day.
Days 91–150: $868 a day while using lifetime reserve days (60 days in total, usable once in a lifetime).
After day 150: all costs.

Medicare.gov says the deductible isn't charged again if it was already charged for a prior hospital stay in the same benefit period, for example when the patient is transferred directly from an acute care hospital or admitted within 60 days of leaving a hospital.

Source: Medicare.gov, checked October 23, 2026, which gives the full conditions and other costs that may apply.

Common questions

Is South Georgia Specialty Hospital Medicare-certified?

South Georgia Specialty Hospital is listed in CMS's long-term care hospital data, with an initial Medicare certification date of October 1, 2025. Medicare.gov Care Compare shows its current record.

How often do patients go home from South Georgia Specialty Hospital?

CMS has not published this rate for South Georgia Specialty Hospital: data not submitted for this reporting period.

How often are patients of South Georgia Specialty Hospital readmitted to a hospital after discharge?

CMS has not published this rate for South Georgia Specialty Hospital: data not submitted for this reporting period.

Nursing homes nearby

Up to 3 within 50 miles, closest first; not a ranking or a recommendation. Distances are approximate: CMS does not publish map coordinates for this long-term care hospital, so it is placed at the average location of the nursing homes in its ZIP code and distance is measured in a straight line, not by road. Find nursing homes near you

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