Located along the US Highway 98 coastal corridor at 3801 East Highway 98, Port St. Joe, FL 32456 ((850) 229-5600), Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (formerly Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf, operated by 501(c)(3) non-profit Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) is Gulf County's sole acute-care hospital, 24/7 Emergency Department, Medicare-certified Transitional Swing-Bed Skilled Nursing unit, and outpatient geriatric rehabilitation center. Licensed by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration under Hospital License #4502 (AHCA File #23960084; also cross-referenced in legacy regional hospital directories under #4312 / #100027) for 19 acute-care beds with CMS Certification Number (CCN) #100313 and CMS NPI #1083941678, Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf provides round-the-clock emergency trauma stabilization, inpatient medical-surgical care, diagnostic CT/MRI/ultrasound/bone-density imaging, 24/7 laboratory services, cardiology and specialty clinics, and hospital-based Swing-Bed post-acute care. Through its Medicare-certified Swing-Bed program and on-campus Ascension Sacred Heart Rehabilitation — Port St. Joe clinic, older adults from Port St. Joe (32456), Wewahitchka (32465), Cape San Blas, Highland View, White City, and Overstreet recovering from stroke, hip fracture, joint replacement, cardiac surgery, or pneumonia receive inpatient skilled nursing, IV antibiotic infusion, wound care, and daily physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy close to home, alongside inpatient case management for seamless discharge planning to Shores Nursing and Rehab Center (#1038096), Our Home at Beacon Hill (#AL10713), or home health/hospice care (acceptsMedicaid: true).