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Critical access hospital · Blair, Nebraska · 21 beds · CMS certification number 281359

Memorial Community Hospital Health Systems

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 29, 2026. 23 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$59.1M
$59,053,645 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$60.9M
$60,893,385 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.8M
−$1,839,740 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−3.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $4.0M in its first year on file (2003) to $59.1M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $2.9M (2023), $793K (2024), −$1.8M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.

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

23 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2003
reopened
$4.0M
$4.1M
2004
reopened
$18.3M
$17.6M
2005
reopened
$24.0M
$18.8M
2006
settled with audit
$22.8M
$20.9M
2007
settled
$22.8M
$22.0M
2008
reopened
$25.7M
$24.1M
2009
reopened
$30.7M
$28.6M
2010
reopened
$31.5M
$30.2M
2011
settled
$32.2M
$30.9M
2012
reopened
$34.1M
$32.3M
2013
settled
$31.4M
$30.4M
2014
reopened
$33.2M
$33.3M
2015
reopened
$31.1M
$31.7M
2016
settled
$30.0M
$31.0M
2017
settled
$31.4M
$32.4M
2018
reopened
$26.8M
$31.1M
2019
reopened
$32.6M
$33.3M
2020
reopened
$37.3M
$35.6M
2021
reopened
$41.8M
$39.0M
2022
reopened
$44.8M
$44.3M
2023
settled
$50.0M
$47.1M
2024
settled
$50.7M
$49.9M
2025
as submitted
$59.1M
$60.9M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Nebraska with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Memorial Community Hospital Health Systems21$59,053,645$60,893,385−3.1%
Community Medical Center, Falls City22$43,228,525$41,008,2325.1%
Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center, Broken Bow23$24,761,602$23,764,8404.0%
Memorial Hospital, Seward24$42,833,974$46,559,357−8.7%
Pender Community Health, Pender21$40,681,397$39,243,6333.5%
Providence Medical Center, Wayne21$35,684,539$34,112,4614.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
373
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
4,053
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
11.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
52.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
29.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: CHI HEALTH (40%), health system.

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 470426285) 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)$1,170,347IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$315,989IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$682,955IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$998,944IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$171,403IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0248IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202403199349306505. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 470426285) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
AMANDA DUXBURY MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$308,553$0$11,503
GREGG DRABEK MDVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
JENNIFER NEWBYCFOOfficer$0$0$0
JEREMY LEE MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$372,311$0$4,469
JOHN SIMONSON MDBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$312,627$0$8,465
KEVIN SISK MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$539,665$0$11,423
KYLE ACRECHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
LORI NAHNSENBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
MANUELA WOLFPRESIDENT & CEOOfficer$0$0$0
NEIL SMITHSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ROBIN CONYERSBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
SANDRA BAUMBERGER MDBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$277,694$0$13,073
SANTOSH KUMAR MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$357,826$0$14,216
SARAH CHATTTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
TIM SCHNACKFORMER CFO (TERMED 09/23)Officer$0$0$0
TONY TRANCRNAHighest-compensated employee$360,131$0$13,073

E-file object id 202403199349306505. 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 281359. 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 29, 2026.