Headquartered on Washington Square in downtown Apalachicola at 135 Avenue G, Apalachicola, FL 32320 ((850) 653-8853, Fax (850) 653-2474), George E. Weems Memorial Hospital is Franklin County's public 25-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH), 24/7 Physician-Staffed Emergency Department, and Medicare-certified Transitional Swing-Bed Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation facility. Owned by the Franklin County Board of County Commissioners (Weems Memorial Healthcare Complex) and professionally managed by Alliant Management Services in clinical affiliation with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH), the hospital operates under Florida AHCA Hospital License #4173 (historical state reporting facility file ID #3257), CMS Certification Number (CCN) #101305 (also cross-referenced in legacy CAH/acute filings under #101300 and #100048), and CMS NPI #1790736767. Through its federal Critical Access Hospital Swing-Bed endorsement, Franklin County seniors recovering from stroke, hip fracture, joint replacement, pneumonia, cardiac events, or post-surgical deconditioning—whether initially hospitalized in Apalachicola, Tallahassee, or Panama City—can transition into a skilled nursing 'swing bed' right in Apalachicola for daily inpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy, IV antibiotic infusion, and complex wound care before returning home. Weems Memorial also operates two in-county Rural Health Clinics providing Medicare and Medicaid senior primary care: Weems Medical Center West on the hospital campus at 137 12th Street (Washington Square / 149 Avenue E corridor), Apalachicola, FL 32320 ((850) 653-1525) and Weems Medical Center East at 110 NE 5th Street, Carrabelle, FL 32322 ((850) 697-2345, Clinic NPI #1033438627). For Western Franklin County (Apalachicola, Indian Pass border, St. George Island), this listing also cross-references immediate border hospital Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf, located 22 miles west on US Highway 98 at 3801 East Highway 98, Port St. Joe, FL 32456 ((850) 229-5600; AHCA License #4502 / File #23960084, legacy ref #4357 / #4312; 19 beds; CMS CCN #100313; NPI #1083941678), offering a second 24/7 Emergency Department, Medicare Swing-Bed skilled nursing unit, and outpatient geriatric rehabilitation center (acceptsMedicaid: true).