Moab healthcare
Can a small critical-access hospital and a regional transfer plan meet your needs?
Moab Regional Hospital is a 17-bed nonprofit Critical Access Hospital with a full-service emergency department, digital imaging, and a full-service laboratory. It also has outpatient and hospital services and visiting specialists. For a remote outdoor region, a local place to assess and stabilize an urgent problem is an important strength.
The catalog lists one nearby major hospital and three pharmacies, but the hospital's bed count matters more than a simple nearby-facility label. Confirm primary care, urgent care, prescriptions, imaging, surgery, rehabilitation, behavioral health, specialist schedules, insurance, and the services that are transferred elsewhere. Grand County EMS transport is part of the regional care picture.
A retiree should ask where a serious injury, stroke, cardiac event, complex surgery, or specialist procedure would go; how ground or air transport works; what family lodging costs; and how follow-up returns to Moab. A hospital route needs to work for both the emergency and the quiet weeks after it.
Access to care
Moab Regional Hospital provides a local critical-access base, while the household still needs a confirmed destination for higher-acuity and complex care.
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Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Very Good
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 0
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 44.5 mi
Keep the local hospital route familiar
Save Moab Regional Hospital, the emergency entrance, current medicines, allergies, insurance, and a family contact. Drive the route once in ordinary traffic and once during a busy period.
Everyday and urgent care
Three pharmacies and local hospital services can help with ordinary needs when hours, stock, coverage, and a vehicle fit the household.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Very Poor
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 3
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 6
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Most care happens between transfers
Primary care, prescriptions, imaging, therapy, and follow-up can shape more weeks than a high-acuity event. Put those needs, the pharmacy, groceries, and the home route beside the hospital plan.
Specialists and long term care
A 17-bed Critical Access Hospital can be valuable and still have limits. Confirm clinicians, visiting specialists, procedures, transfer routes, coverage, and follow-up directly.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 1
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 0.7 miles
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 17
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 12
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 1
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 0.7 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 29.4%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 2
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Healthcare Quality
- Very Poor
- Healthy Aging Environment
- Very Poor
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Good
Canyonland Care Center (46A070) · 0.7 mi away
Plan the return to a desert home
Ask who will drive, collect medicine, prepare food, provide cooling, stay nearby, and coordinate a regional return after discharge. Distance and heat continue after the hospital doors close.
Moab in everyday life
Could Moab work for you?
What may work well
- Moab Regional Hospital offers local emergency, imaging, laboratory, outpatient, and hospital services.
- A 17-bed Critical Access Hospital gives a remote recreation region a nearby urgent-care anchor.
- Three pharmacies and Grand County EMS add practical pieces to the care network.
What to think about
- A small hospital cannot replace a larger regional center for every specialty, surgery, or high-acuity condition.
- Transfers, weather, road distance, family lodging, coverage, and follow-up can add cost and time.
- A hospital count does not guarantee an appointment, clinician, bed, prescription, transfer time, or personal outcome.
Turn Moab Regional Hospital into a complete care map
Confirm local clinicians
Ask about primary care, urgent care, visiting specialists, imaging, prescriptions, rehabilitation, behavioral health, new-patient access, and coverage.
Choose a transfer destination
Ask the hospital and EMS where complex care goes, how ground or air transfer works, what the family route is, and where follow-up occurs.
Run the ordinary route
Travel from the possible home to the hospital, pharmacy, groceries, therapy, and the regional airport or receiving facility. Check parking, heat, timing, and the return.
Prepare after-care support
Arrange a driver, meals, medicine pickup, cooling, mobility help, a family contact, lodging if needed, and a quiet place to recover.
Questions retirees ask
Does Moab have a hospital?
Moab Regional Hospital is a 17-bed nonprofit Critical Access Hospital with a full-service emergency department, digital imaging, laboratory, outpatient, and hospital services. Confirm current services and transfer arrangements for complex care.
What happens if I need more advanced care?
Ask Moab Regional Hospital and Grand County EMS where transfers go, how transport is chosen, how family reaches the receiving facility, what coverage applies, and where follow-up returns.
Are pharmacies available locally?
The catalog lists three pharmacies. Confirm current hours, prescription stock, delivery, coverage, refill timing, and a backup plan when tourism traffic, weather, or a regional trip changes the day.
Moab has an important local hospital for a remote city, but the retirement fit depends on accepting a transfer plan. Confirm local clinicians, visiting specialists, pharmacies, coverage, regional destinations, transport, family support, and after-care before treating the hospital as complete healthcare.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km, Healthcare Quality, Healthy Aging Environment
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-18
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
Not yet available for this place: Specialist Access, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital.
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