Short-term acute care hospital · Liberal, Kansas · 67 beds · CMS certification number 170068
Southwest Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 12, 2026. 30 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 $29.2M in its first year on file (1996) to $75.4M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$13.1M (2023), −$9.4M (2024), −$8.9M (2025).
- All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 15.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 33.7%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
30 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Kansas with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Medical Center | 67 | $75,417,065 | $84,299,870 | −11.8% |
| Kansas Medical Center, Andover | 58 | $68,066,841 | $73,404,947 | −7.8% |
| Mercy Health, Pittsburg | 64 | $70,933,168 | $75,444,939 | −6.4% |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Manhattan | 84 | $101,480,384 | $103,147,599 | −1.6% |
| NMC Health, Newton | 76 | $105,052,120 | $112,215,546 | −6.8% |
| St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City, Garden City | 90 | $110,429,300 | $118,270,107 | −7.1% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 1,867S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 6,326S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 17.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 25.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 33.7%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 15.1%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Type of control on its cost report: governmental, county.
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Southwest Medical Center (employer identification number 480684878) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $21,288,321 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $302,052 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $10,844,607 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $11,146,659 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $10,141,662 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.2691 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202403109349302365. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Southwest Medical Center (employer identification number 480684878) for tax year 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Williams | CEO/CFO thru. Oct 2023/CEO beg. Nov 2023 | Officer | $421,482 | $0 | $47,388 |
| Dennis Knudsen | Asst. Secretary/Treasurer | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis Sander | Chairman | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Douglas Selsor | CFO beg. Oct 2023 | Officer | $38,567 | $0 | $4,002 |
| Firas Kawtharani | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $1,027,880 | $0 | $65,748 |
| Ivanhoe Love Jr | Vice-Chairman | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| John West | Secretary | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jose Maeda | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $577,886 | $0 | $62,350 |
| Lamberto Flores | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $673,746 | $0 | $51,839 |
| Mark Cowan | COO | Key employee | $174,298 | $0 | $30,008 |
| Marlene Rieger | Trustee begin. April 2023 | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pingal Desai | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $973,985 | $0 | $68,519 |
| Rama Chanda | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $743,780 | $0 | $65,073 |
| Stacy Cope | Trustee begin. April 2023 | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tony McKee | Treasurer | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
E-file object id 202403109349302365. 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 170068. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read May 12, 2026.