Critical access hospital · Elkader, Iowa · 15 beds · CMS certification number 161319
Mercyone Elkader Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 8, 2025. 25 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $2.6M in its first year on file (2001) to $12.9M in 2024.
- Its result from patient care: $117K (2023), −$165K (2024), −$13.9M (2025).
- Medicaid paid for 14.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 70.6%.
- MERCY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GROUP LLC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
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25 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Iowa with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercyone Elkader Medical Center | 15 | $13,929,046 | ||
| Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital, Rock Rapids | 11 | $11,790,993 | $12,287,736 | −4.2% |
| Community Memorial Hospital, Sumner | 16 | $19,021,432 | $19,470,930 | −2.4% |
| Mercyone Genesis Dewitt Medical Center, Dewitt | 13 | $34,299,283 | $38,770,411 | −13.0% |
| Mercyone Dyersville Medical Center, Dyersville | 13 | $8,585,337 | $7,903,142 | 8.0% |
| Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr | 16 | $27,984,555 | $27,613,383 | 1.3% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 66S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 480S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 1.3days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 8.8%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 70.6%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 14.6%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- MERCY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GROUP LLC100%
- MERCY HEALTH NETWORK INC100%
- TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: MERCY HEALTH NE, health network; MERCYONE DSM, hospital; MERCYONE DBQ, hospital; COMMONSPIRIT HE, health network.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Saint Agnes Medical Center (CA), Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (CT), Johnson Memorial Hospital (CT), Saint Mary's Hospital (CT), Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital (CT), St. Francis Hospital (DE), Holy Cross Hospital (FL), St. Mary's Health Care System (GA).
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 CENTRAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 420818642) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $146,614 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $63,804 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $0 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $63,804 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $82,810 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.012 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202441319349304064. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by CENTRAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 420818642) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Name | Title | Role | Reportable comp, from this organization | Reportable comp, from related organizations | Other compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE KENSINGER | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | Officer | $0 | $234,481 | $17,278 |
| CHELSEA DREYER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DONNA DUART | REGISTERED NURSE | Highest-compensated employee | $103,861 | $0 | $12,012 |
| DONNA LAWLOR MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $272,922 | $0 | $34,495 |
| GENE GLAWE | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE BRUNSSEN | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY MOSER | DIRECTOR; CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER COWSERT | DIRECTOR; VICE CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JUSTIN VORWALD | DIRECTOR; SECRETARY | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LAEL ASPENSON | REGISTERED NURSE | Highest-compensated employee | $102,154 | $0 | $12,295 |
| LENNA DINAN | REGISTERED NURSE | Highest-compensated employee | $112,723 | $0 | $29,444 |
| REBECCA JOHNSON | CONTROLLER | Officer | $88,985 | $0 | $20,826 |
| ROBERT HANKEY | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT HAUBER | DIRECTOR; TREASURER | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDY PHILLIPS | REGISTERED NURSE | Highest-compensated employee | $119,982 | $0 | $13,084 |
E-file object id 202441319349304064. The IRS archive it was read from.
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 161319. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read December 8, 2025.