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Critical access hospital · Cass City, Michigan · 25 beds · CMS certification number 231316

Hills & Dales General Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 18, 2026. 22 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$94.0M
$93,957,867 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$93.2M
$93,233,620 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$724K
$724,247 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
0.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $10.1M in its first year on file (2004) to $94.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $3.4M (2023), $2.4M (2024), $724K (2025).
  • None of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 35.6%.

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

22 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2004
settled
$10.1M
$11.3M
2005
settled
$14.9M
$17.0M
2006
settled
$14.2M
$17.3M
2007
settled
$16.5M
$18.9M
2008
settled
$18.1M
$20.7M
2009
settled
$17.1M
$20.2M
2010
settled
$15.9M
$19.0M
2011
reopened
$17.0M
$19.4M
2012
reopened
$19.5M
$21.6M
2013
settled
$22.9M
$24.0M
2014
settled
$24.3M
$26.1M
2015
settled
$25.5M
$27.9M
2016
settled
$27.9M
$30.1M
2017
settled
$30.0M
$32.1M
2018
settled
$31.1M
$33.4M
2019
settled
$34.0M
$36.7M
2020
settled
$34.8M
$36.1M
2021
settled
$37.1M
$37.3M
2022
settled
$41.2M
$40.7M
2023
settled
$68.5M
$65.1M
2024
settled
$89.5M
$87.1M
2025
as submitted
$94.0M
$93.2M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Hills & Dales General Hospital25$93,957,867$93,233,6200.8%
Beacon Dowagiac, Dowagiac25$15,926,668$17,898,575−12.4%
Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center, Newberry25$39,937,840$43,005,038−7.7%
McKenzie Health System, Sandusy25$32,931,672$34,391,995−4.4%
Mymichigan Medical Center Standish, Standish25$25,898,893$26,537,237−2.5%
Scheurer Health - Pigeon, Pigeon25$67,021,252$73,901,821−10.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
374
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,084
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
8.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
33.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
35.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: NE TUSCOLA HEAL, rental building; H&D HC CORP; NW MEADOWS.

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by HILLS & DALES GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 381619577) 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)$5,499,546IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$115,358IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$5,378,620IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$5,493,978IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$5,568IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0833IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202403279349300715. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by HILLS &amp; DALES GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 381619577) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ADAM TURNERPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$471,164$0$19,396
ANDREW DANIELSPRESIDENT AND CEOOfficer$383,461$0$47,340
CAROL STARLING ODSECRETARY/TREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DANIELLE BLAINEVP OF CLINIC OPERATIONSOfficer$122,906$0$49,746
DANNY HAAGVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DAVID KOMASARAPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$441,251$0$31,911
ERIC SHOEMAKERPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$502,183$0$32,011
ERIK TAMLYNTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
FAITH FAHRNERTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
GREG MIZESPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$405,683$0$28,185
JIAB SULEIMANPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$880,262$0$31,181
JIM LUTHTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
JUDY BROWNTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
KURT SARGENTCFOOfficer$247,433$0$36,158
MEGAN COYERCNO/VP OF NURSINGOfficer$140,385$0$31,976
PATRICK CURTISCHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
RACHELLE ESTELLETRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0

E-file object id 202403279349300715. 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 231316. 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 18, 2026.