Vicksburg healthcare
Can Vicksburg's acute-care hospital, long-term-care facility, pharmacies, and specialist list support your needs?
The catalog lists Promise Hospital of Vicksburg as a 35-bed long-term-care facility 0.2 miles away and Merit Health River Region as a 361-bed general acute-care hospital 4.9 miles away. Keep the roles separate. The official Merit fact sheet lists emergency medicine, surgery, cardiac, imaging, intensive care, laboratory, rehabilitation, respiratory, sleep, and other services, while its current service directory lists primary, geriatric, heart, cancer, orthopedic, neurologic, and surgical care.
The catalog lists 14 pharmacies and 16 selected specialists. These are access starting points, not guarantees of stock, staffing, appointment timing, acceptance of insurance, or referral depth. Ask which facility handles emergency, acute, post-acute, rehabilitation, long-term, cardiac, orthopedic, or home-support needs for the household.
Call both facilities, a primary-care office, a pharmacy, insurer, and needed specialists. Confirm records, admission, emergency transport, referrals, imaging, prescriptions, rehabilitation, long-term care, language, coverage, and the route home from each place.
Access to care
2 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
2
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 1
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 1.3 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Moderate
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 14
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 16
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 3
- 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
- 1
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 3
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 4.9 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 4.9 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 396
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 24
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 4
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 0.7 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 2
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 2
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 4
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 32.3%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 3
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
2 of 5 stars · 4.9 mi away
HERITAGE HOUSE NURSING CENTER (255284) · 0.7 mi away
Vicksburg in everyday life
Could Vicksburg work for you?
What may work well
- Merit Health River Region has 361 licensed beds and a broad official service list, including 24-hour emergency and advanced surgery.
- The catalog preserves a separate 35-bed long-term-care facility, 14 pharmacies, and 16 selected specialist entries for direct follow-up.
What to think about
- Acute, long-term, pharmacy, and specialist fields represent different kinds of access and should not be added into one care conclusion.
- Coverage, appointments, referrals, staffing, inventory, transportation, language, and home support still require direct calls.
Verify the Vicksburg care chain before moving
Call the acute hospital
Confirm emergency, surgery, imaging, cardiac, intensive, laboratory, rehabilitation, referrals, records, insurance, and discharge support.
Ask about long-term care
Confirm Promise Hospital's current role, admission criteria, bed type, coverage, post-acute or rehabilitation service, records, and family access.
Map providers and prescriptions
Choose primary care, pharmacy, specialists, transport, insurer, emergency contacts, records, medication storage, and the route home.
Questions retirees ask
What hospitals are near Vicksburg?
The catalog lists Promise Hospital of Vicksburg as a 35-bed long-term-care facility 0.2 miles away and Merit Health River Region as a 361-bed general acute-care hospital 4.9 miles away. Confirm current roles, admissions, services, coverage, and referrals.
Does Merit Health River Region have emergency care?
Its official materials list 24-hour emergency medicine at the 361-bed hospital, along with surgery, cardiac, imaging, intensive care, laboratory, rehabilitation, and other services. Confirm current departments, insurance, wait times, and the route from the chosen home.
How many pharmacies and specialists are near Vicksburg?
The catalog lists 14 pharmacies and 16 selected specialists. These are access counts, not guarantees of stock, appointment availability, coverage, or specialty depth.
Vicksburg has a substantial acute-care anchor and a separate long-term-care option, but the care fit depends on roles, coverage, referrals, prescriptions, appointments, and transportation. Confirm each part of the chain before moving.
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
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, Nearest CMS-Rated 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 2026-07-01
- 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
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