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Short-term acute care hospital · Flowood, Mississippi · 158 beds · CMS certification number 250138

Merit Health River Oaks

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 9, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$187.2M
$187,220,335 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$163.9M
$163,880,412 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$23.3M
$23,339,923 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
12.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $60.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $187.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $17.2M (2023), $27.6M (2024), $23.3M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 21.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 17.6%.
  • CHS COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$60.2M
$56.7M
1998
settled
$52.2M
$44.5M
1999
settled
$61.5M
$49.0M
2000
reopened
$66.1M
$51.0M
2001
settled
$77.6M
$57.6M
2002
reopened
$89.2M
$61.7M
2003
reopened
$103.2M
$70.0M
2004
settled
$110.4M
$72.5M
2005
reopened
$116.0M
$76.0M
2006
reopened
$121.1M
$80.9M
2007
reopened
$129.0M
$86.7M
2008
reopened
$128.1M
$88.0M
2009
reopened
$132.9M
$86.3M
2010
reopened
$144.6M
$100.0M
2011
reopened
$154.0M
$115.8M
2012
reopened
$155.5M
$122.8M
2013
reopened
$109.8M
$118.2M
2014
reopened
$92.0M
$93.9M
2015
settled
$134.3M
$128.2M
2016
settled
$132.8M
$107.3M
2017
settled
$127.3M
$107.0M
2018
settled
$127.5M
$105.2M
2019
settled
$125.6M
$105.9M
2020
settled
$117.5M
$99.0M
2021
settled
$122.4M
$102.5M
2022
settled
$124.1M
$115.4M
2023
settled
$164.1M
$147.0M
2024
settled
$184.1M
$156.5M
2025
as submitted
$187.2M
$163.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Mississippi with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Merit Health River Oaks158$187,220,335$163,880,41212.5%
BMH-North Mississippi, Oxford186$297,941,483$259,806,64912.8%
Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland152$67,372,954$65,444,4652.9%
Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian154$256,195,685$307,777,701−20.1%
Ochsner Rush Medical Center, Meridian191$170,632,290$179,046,448−4.9%
Singing River Health System, Pascagoula156$320,239,903$430,769,048−34.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
6,404
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
27,056
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
74.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
46.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
17.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
21.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • CHS COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • HMA-TRI HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • MISSISSIPPI HMA HOLDINGS I LLC100%
  • HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC99%
  • HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LP99%

Related organizations on its own cost report: HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (100%), hospital management.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Gadsden Regional Medical Center (AL), Medical Center Enterprise (AL), Flowers Hospital (AL), Baldwin Health (AL), Grandview Medical Center (AL), Crestwood Medical Center (AL), Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (AK).

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 250138. 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 March 9, 2026.