Critical access hospital · Malta, Montana · 6 beds · CMS certification number 271312
Phillips County Hospital Assn
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, settled, stamped by CMS August 7, 2026. 26 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 $2.1M in its first year on file (2000) to $8.4M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$2.9M (2023), −$1.9M (2024), −$1.2M (2025).
- All 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 12.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 69.3%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
26 years of filings
Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Montana with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips County Hospital Assn | 6 | $8,421,819 | $9,648,492 | −14.6% |
| Beartooth Billings Clinic, Red Lodge | 10 | $21,240,951 | $22,069,912 | −3.9% |
| Big Sandy Medical Center, Big Sandy | 8 | $5,538,165 | $8,155,261 | −47.3% |
| Big Sky Medical Center, Big Sky | 8 | $21,198,540 | $24,063,269 | −13.5% |
| Madison Valley Medical Center, Ennis | 10 | $14,448,921 | $18,469,811 | −27.8% |
| Ruby Valley Medical Center, Sheridan | 5 | $9,327,621 | $10,740,837 | −15.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 78S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 472S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 1.3days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 21.6%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 69.3%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 12.3%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Phillips County Hospital Association (employer identification number 816016152) 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) | $1,714,707 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $4,000 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $1,197,262 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $1,201,262 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $513,445 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1561 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Phillips County Hospital Association (employer identification number 816016152) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Riggin | CEO (May-Sept) | Officer | $136,153 | $0 | $29,535 |
| Christy Scoggins | FNP | Highest-compensated employee | $158,416 | $0 | $24,553 |
| Craig French | Director starting October | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dave Skiff | Director (May-Oct) | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Dina Meneely | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Donny Bagley | Lab/Xray Manager | Highest-compensated employee | $123,171 | $0 | $9,733 |
| Howie Hammond | Director starting October | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jo Tharp Interim CEO Sept- | Oct)/CEO (starting Nov) | Officer | $71,673 | $0 | $3,678 |
| Lance Hould | Director starting October | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Werdel | Medical Lab Technician/Rad Tech | Highest-compensated employee | $109,594 | $0 | $14,238 |
| Melissa Moog | Director starting October | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Sjostrom | Chair (May-Oct) | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Rick Starkey - Director | (May-Oct)/Vice Chair starting Oct. | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sharon Young | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Shonda Jenkins | Director starting October | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sterling Beck | FNP | Highest-compensated employee | $222,997 | $0 | $32,220 |
| Susy Johnson - Director | (May-Oct)/Chair starting Oct. | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Theresa Ohl | FNP | Highest-compensated employee | $222,082 | $0 | $41,137 |
| Troy Blunt | Director (May-Oct) | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki Eggebrecht | Vice Chair (May-Oct) | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 271312. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read August 7, 2026.