Short-term acute care hospital · Fremont, Nebraska · 70 beds · CMS certification number 280077
Methodist Fremont Health
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 17, 2026. 29 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 $38.8M in its first year on file (1997) to $179.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $17.8M (2023), $13.2M (2024), $26.3M (2025).
- All 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 0.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 25.5%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
29 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Nebraska with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Fremont Health | 70 | $179,502,000 | $153,185,289 | 14.7% |
| Bellevue Medical Center - Nebraska Medicine, Bellevue | 71 | $146,375,196 | $113,702,408 | 22.3% |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln | 59 | $87,615,641 | $86,317,545 | 1.5% |
| Grand Island Regional Medical Center, Grand Island | 60 | $103,348,781 | $98,811,808 | 4.4% |
| Great Plains Health, North Platte | 97 | $373,596,043 | $358,947,923 | 3.9% |
| Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney | 98 | $220,795,989 | $212,765,979 | 3.6% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 3,931S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 13,961S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 38.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 54.6%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 25.5%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 0.7%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Related organizations on its own cost report: NEBRASKA METHOD (100%).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by METHODIST FREMONT HEALTH (employer identification number 831362276) 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) | $25,632,849 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $3,639,808 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $7,676,546 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $11,316,354 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $14,316,495 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.195 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202413199349311151. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by METHODIST FREMONT HEALTH (employer identification number 831362276) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAM LAMPRECHT DDS | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDRE FLAMME MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $463,611 | $0 | $60,317 |
| BRET GRIESS | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| BRETT RICHMOND | PRESIDENT | Officer | $0 | $430,462 | $104,208 |
| ELLIOTT MILLER MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $429,457 | $0 | $57,666 |
| JAMES SORRELL MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $466,659 | $0 | $49,988 |
| JAMES THIEHEN MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $379,379 | $0 | $23,448 |
| JEFFREY FRANCIS | CFO | Officer | $0 | $659,734 | $148,176 |
| JENNIFER BIXBY | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JODY HORNER | SECRETARY | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KENNETH BEEBE | VICE CHAIRMAN | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA MURRAY MD | PHYSICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $489,210 | $0 | $26,914 |
| MELINDA KENTFIELD | CHIEF NURSING OFFICER | Officer | $0 | $212,162 | $48,970 |
| MONTY SELLON MD | CHAIRMAN | Trustee/director, Officer | $509,652 | $0 | $45,020 |
| NICOLE DIX DO | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $374,009 | $0 | $55,586 |
| SHAUN CUSTARD | VICE PRESIDENT | Officer | $0 | $236,434 | $59,468 |
| STEVEN NAVARRETTE | TREASURER | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS WARING MD | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 280077. 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 March 17, 2026.