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Short-term acute care hospital · Americus, Georgia · 55 beds · CMS certification number 110044

Phoebe Sumter Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended July 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 7, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$121.3M
$121,322,803 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$124.7M
$124,691,340 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$3.4M
−$3,368,537 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−2.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $36.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $121.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.7M (2023), $132K (2024), −$3.4M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 8.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 18.3%.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

30 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$36.8M
$33.7M
1997
settled
$37.2M
$36.7M
1998
settled
$39.5M
$40.4M
1999
settled
$38.1M
$42.4M
2000
settled
$44.6M
$48.5M
2001
settled
$47.6M
$52.5M
2002
as submitted
$55.0M
$59.5M
2003
settled
$53.2M
$58.2M
2004
settled
$58.5M
$60.5M
2005
settled
$61.5M
$66.5M
2006
settled
$59.5M
$66.1M
2007
reopened
$34.5M
$68.3M
2008
reopened
$26.6M
$62.6M
2009
settled
$33.0M
$52.4M
2010
reopened
$61.3M
$59.5M
2011
reopened
$56.5M
$66.7M
2012
settled
$62.1M
$68.7M
2013
reopened
$52.0M
$57.7M
2014
reopened
$56.1M
$56.6M
2015
settled
$64.1M
$60.0M
2016
settled
$70.1M
$65.3M
2017
settled
$72.2M
$67.4M
2018
settled
$75.3M
$72.7M
2019
settled
$78.1M
$76.3M
2020
settled
$82.8M
$82.9M
2021
settled
$88.3M
$97.1M
2022
settled
$96.9M
$104.9M
2023
settled
$101.0M
$102.6M
2024
settled
$113.9M
$113.8M
2025
as submitted
$121.3M
$124.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Georgia with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center55$121,322,803$124,691,340−2.8%
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Vidalia57$124,436,896$107,744,82813.4%
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham, Demorest50$90,497,463$77,279,57614.6%
Piedmont Macon North Hospital, Macon61$73,744,681$59,819,45618.9%
St. Mary's Health Care System, Lavonia56$44,343,756$49,112,633−10.8%
Turning Point Hospital, Moultree53$29,125,908$26,668,2518.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
3,663
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
19,326
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
53.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
96.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
18.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
8.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: PPHS (100%).

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by PHOEBE SUMTER MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 263975185) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$8,063,062IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$4,928,808IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,037,226IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$5,966,034IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$2,097,028IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0786IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202411669349301106. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by PHOEBE SUMTER MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 263975185) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ALTON MARCUS SRBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
BRIAN CHURCHBD MBR/PPHSTrustee/director, Officer$0$843,332$178,095
CARLYLE WALTONCEO PSMCOfficer$0$143,597$21,632
CHRISTY HARDINASST. DIR PHHighest-compensated employee$158,079$0$4,631
DALE LAWSON MDBOARD MEM/PHTrustee/director$94,380$216,237$0
DARRYL HAWKINSDIRECTOR OFHighest-compensated employee$158,908$0$41,008
DAWN BENSONSVP- GENERALKey employee$0$579,794$75,262
DEBORAH MCWILLIAMSRNHighest-compensated employee$191,666$0$5,631
DIANNA WINDHAMRNHighest-compensated employee$173,497$0$22,890
EDWARD F JACKSON JRBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
FREDRICK MCLAUGHLIN EDDCHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
G BARDIN HOOKS JRBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOE AUSTINPPMH CEOFormer$0$1,097,950$36,394
JOHN CRISPBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOHN FENNESSY MDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$1,557,880$46,523
MICHELLE DOGGETTCONTROLLER POfficer$132,782$0$35,970
SANDRA DANIEL PHD RNVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
SANDRA LEE ZORNES MDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
SCOTT STEINERBD MBR PPHSTrustee/director, Officer$0$1,185,685$270,693
SUSAN BRUNSCNO PSMCOfficer$0$213,072$25,477
TARANG VIC PATELBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
TOMOMI COLQUITTRNHighest-compensated employee$185,215$0$2,457

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110044. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read May 7, 2026.