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Critical access hospital · Hiawatha, Kansas · 25 beds · CMS certification number 171341

Amberwell Hiawatha

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 9, 2026. 24 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$34.9M
$34,895,953 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$35.3M
$35,273,781 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$378K
−$377,828 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $10.7M in its first year on file (2002) to $34.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$5.3M (2023), −$2.0M (2024), −$378K (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 56.9%.

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

24 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2002
settled with audit
$10.7M
$10.4M
2003
reopened
$10.6M
$12.2M
2004
reopened
$12.8M
$14.0M
2005
settled with audit
$14.7M
$15.4M
2006
settled
$15.9M
$17.1M
2007
reopened
$16.8M
$18.1M
2008
settled with audit
$17.8M
$19.4M
2009
settled
$18.2M
$19.6M
2010
settled
$18.6M
$19.4M
2011
settled
$19.6M
$21.5M
2012
settled
$21.0M
$23.5M
2013
settled
$20.2M
$25.0M
2014
settled
$20.2M
$24.6M
2015
settled
$21.4M
$26.0M
2016
settled
$22.7M
$26.2M
2017
settled
$23.2M
$26.0M
2018
settled
$22.3M
$25.4M
2019
settled
$24.5M
$25.4M
2020
settled
$22.4M
$27.8M
2021
settled
$23.9M
$29.5M
2022
settled
$27.3M
$31.3M
2023
settled
$28.6M
$33.9M
2024
settled
$32.1M
$34.1M
2025
as submitted
$34.9M
$35.3M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Amberwell Hiawatha25$34,895,953$35,273,781−1.1%
Ashland Health Center, Ashland25$10,501,355$13,399,110−27.6%
Grisell Memorial Hospital District 1, Ransom25$6,981,982$8,452,415−21.1%
Lane County Hospital, Dighton25$6,971,600$8,398,942−20.5%
Mercy Hospital Columbus, Columbus25$8,044,905$6,237,43022.5%
Wichita County Health Center, Leoti25$10,390,528$13,036,260−25.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
378
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,754
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
4.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
19.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
56.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: AMBERWELL HEALT, healthcare.

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by HIAWATHA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC (employer identification number 480577658) 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)$2,144,485IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$67,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,906,140IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$1,973,140IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$171,345IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0632IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202403199349310245. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by HIAWATHA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC (employer identification number 480577658) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
CHASE DUDZINSKICFOOfficer$250,652$0$29,813
DEL ELFFNERVICE PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DR ANNA CLELAND-LEIGHTONPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$274,364$0$43,359
DR CROSBY GERNONRADIOLOGISTHighest-compensated employee$398,484$0$43,754
DR JESSICA JARVISPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$375,771$0$43,532
DR MARIAH KRIWIELPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$389,419$0$37,556
ERIC INGMIREDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
GREG RODVELTPRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
HOWARD ELLIOTTDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JASON SMITHDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JEFFREY PERRYCEOOfficer$230,000$0$0
JOHN MOORESECRETARY/TREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ROBIN ALEXANDERCRNAHighest-compensated employee$273,014$0$38,149
SHARESE MOSERDIRECTOR OF FINANCE -UNTIL AUGUSTOfficer$66,093$0$1,245
WILLIE GEISENDORFDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0

E-file object id 202403199349310245. 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 171341. 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 June 9, 2026.