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Short-term acute care hospital · Lima, Ohio · 105 beds · CMS certification number 360009

Lima Memorial Health System

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 29, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$291.8M
$291,804,917 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$269.8M
$269,817,239 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$22.0M
$21,987,678 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
7.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $74.6M in its first year on file (1996) to $291.8M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $4.7M (2023), $17.9M (2024), $22.0M (2025).
  • 3 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 4.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.9%.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$74.6M
$74.8M
1997
settled with audit
$75.3M
$75.4M
1998
reopened
$86.4M
$83.0M
1999
settled
$96.4M
$90.3M
2000
settled
$48.5M
$48.4M
2001
settled
$105.6M
$97.8M
2002
settled with audit
$106.6M
$95.7M
2003
settled
$123.6M
$109.3M
2004
settled
$130.8M
$114.7M
2005
reopened
$138.1M
$121.1M
2006
reopened
$147.4M
$126.6M
2007
reopened
$145.0M
$132.0M
2008
reopened
$154.6M
$139.6M
2009
reopened
$150.9M
$138.8M
2010
reopened
$151.5M
$145.8M
2011
reopened
$156.4M
$148.9M
2012
reopened
$161.8M
$150.4M
2013
reopened
$158.4M
$148.3M
2014
reopened
$158.4M
$148.5M
2015
reopened
$172.3M
$160.4M
2016
reopened
$184.7M
$171.1M
2017
reopened
$180.1M
$168.6M
2018
reopened
$184.3M
$168.5M
2019
reopened
$198.1M
$176.0M
2020
settled with audit
$198.3M
$182.0M
2021
settled
$234.6M
$204.4M
2022
settled
$253.5M
$237.2M
2023
as submitted
$266.1M
$261.3M
2024
as submitted
$280.5M
$262.6M
2025
as submitted
$291.8M
$269.8M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Lima Memorial Health System105$291,804,917$269,817,2397.5%
Ashtabula Regional Medical Center, Ashtabula105$181,844,601$202,069,836−11.1%
Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin110$403,630,973$279,508,14830.8%
Ashtabula Regional Medical Center, Rock Creek114$29,156,249$23,657,95018.9%
Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland114$192,208,363$168,094,33412.6%
Wooster Community Hospital, Wooster104$175,947,816$200,212,269−13.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
6,870
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
27,774
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
76.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
72.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
27.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
4.9%
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 LIMA MEMORIAL JOINT OPERATING COMPANY (employer identification number 341883284) 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)$35,490,745IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$3,421,326IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$3,421,326IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$32,069,419IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1356IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202443169349302274. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by LIMA MEMORIAL JOINT OPERATING COMPANY (employer identification number 341883284) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ANN-MARIE JEAN POHLVICE PRESIDENT/CNO (SEE SCH J)Former$346,650$0$30,140
BRETT A RANDOLPHDIRECTOR OF PHARMACY CARE TRANHighest-compensated employee$215,657$0$21,233
BURLIN L SHERRICKEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - ANCILLARY SERVICESHighest-compensated employee$180,610$0$16,828
CLYDE R RAUCHBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
CYNTHIA E SPIERSBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
DEBI BROBSTBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
DENNIS E MORRISPRN COURIERHighest-compensated employee$358,845$0$2,257
ERIC POHJALAVP OF FINANCE/CFO (SEE SCH J)Key employee$454,334$0$60,625
JAMES F BLAIRBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JANE M WOODBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOHN H JOHNSONCHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
JOSHUA L HINESEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYHighest-compensated employee$279,509$0$16,554
LYNN M CARPENTERVICE PRESIDENT/COO (SEE SCH J)Officer$322,814$0$42,504
MARA RENDINASECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MICHAEL D SWICKPRESIDENT/CEO (SEE SCH J)Officer$818,346$0$129,892
PHILLIP R BUELLTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
PRAVEEN K MALHOTRABOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
R GRIFFIN JULIUSVICE-CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ROBERT E ARMSTRONG JRSENIOR VP/CAO (SEE SCH J)Former$466,408$0$67,235
SCOTT L SHUTTBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
SUSAN KAUFMAN DOVP OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS (SEE SCH J)Key employee$358,846$0$4,667
TINA M VERHOFFDIRECTOR - HUMAN RESOURCESHighest-compensated employee$175,522$0$9,617
TRACIE J SANCHEZBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0

E-file object id 202443169349302274. 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 360009. 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.