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Critical access hospital · Byron, Georgia · 25 beds · CMS certification number 111310

Atrium Health Navicent Peach

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 2, 2026. 25 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$45.8M
$45,833,365 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$40.4M
$40,425,771 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$5.4M
$5,407,594 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
11.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $9.1M in its first year on file (2001) to $45.8M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $1.4M (2023), $4.1M (2024), $5.4M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 3.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 24.6%.
  • AH GEORGIA INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

25 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2001
settled
$9.1M
$9.3M
2002
as submitted
$10.7M
$10.6M
2003
reopened
$11.8M
$12.5M
2004
reopened
$13.0M
$13.8M
2005
reopened
$13.5M
$14.0M
2006
settled
$13.6M
$16.3M
2007
settled
$11.0M
$12.7M
2008
settled
$10.8M
$12.0M
2009
settled
$12.6M
$13.4M
2010
reopened
$12.0M
$12.5M
2011
settled
$11.2M
$12.5M
2012
as submitted
$12.5M
$13.8M
2013
settled
$10.7M
$16.2M
2014
settled
$15.5M
$16.7M
2015
settled
$14.9M
$15.6M
2016
settled
$17.9M
$17.5M
2017
settled
$17.7M
$19.6M
2018
reopened
$19.1M
$19.7M
2019
reopened
$20.1M
$20.2M
2020
settled
$22.5M
$23.6M
2021
reopened
$26.2M
$27.4M
2022
settled
$28.7M
$28.9M
2023
settled with audit
$33.5M
$32.1M
2024
as submitted
$42.3M
$38.2M
2025
as submitted
$45.8M
$40.4M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Georgia with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Atrium Health Navicent Peach25$45,833,365$40,425,77111.8%
Bleckley Memorial Hosp, Cochran25$13,130,415$12,999,9071.0%
Effingham Health System, Springfield25$67,600,393$84,899,451−25.6%
Miller County Hospital, Colquitt25$79,862,805$86,681,202−8.5%
Morgan Medical Center, Madison25$38,118,066$42,936,525−12.6%
Optim Medical Center - Screven, Sylvania25$17,412,853$16,294,7796.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,319
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
6,477
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
17.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
71.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
24.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • AH GEORGIA INC100%
  • NAVICENT HEALTH INC100%
  • THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: NAVICENT HEALTH, health system; ATRIUM HEALTH, health system.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center (AL), Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin (GA), Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hopsital (GA), Atrium Health Cleveland (NC).

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

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by THE MEDICAL CENTER OF PEACH COUNTY INC (employer identification number 453765471) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$529,337IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$529,337IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$529,337IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0315IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202413209349300836. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by THE MEDICAL CENTER OF PEACH COUNTY INC (employer identification number 453765471) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
AL WALDREPBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
ALBERT JONES JRCERT RESP THERAPISTHighest-compensated employee$0$119,454$17,518
CRYSTAL BROWN MDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
ISAAC CRUMBLYBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JILL HANCOCKCHIEF NURSE OFFICERHighest-compensated employee$0$165,074$44,770
JIM MCLENDONVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
KENNETH BANKSSECRETARY (TO 10/16/23)Officer$0$1,300,807$66,370
KIMBERLY SHREWSBURYTREASUREROfficer$0$466,428$58,673
KRISTY ARDNURSE MANAGERHighest-compensated employee$0$122,179$32,558
LAURA T GENTRYPRESIDENT/CEOKey employee$0$263,864$38,584
MEGAN CHUMBLEYCLINICAL PHARMACY MANAGERHighest-compensated employee$0$132,820$35,419
PAUL JONESBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
ROBERT WILDEFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$529,544$0
SUSAN PAYNECLINICAL OPS DIRECTOROfficer$0$110,364$35,104
THOMAS M GREENCHAIR (TO 12/31/23)Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0

E-file object id 202413209349300836. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 111310. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 2, 2026.