Short-term acute care hospital · Morristown, Tennessee · 100 beds · CMS certification number 440030
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 16, 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 $37.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $148.4M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $15.0M (2023), $15.1M (2024), $18.6M (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.
- COVENANT HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
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 Tennessee with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System | 100 | $148,417,290 | $129,831,540 | 12.5% |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital, Dyersburg | 109 | $65,072,818 | $65,404,653 | −0.5% |
| Tristar Horizon Medical Center, Dickson | 110 | $169,022,206 | $133,282,867 | 21.1% |
| Tristar Northcrest Medical Center, Springfield | 109 | $80,000,859 | $88,825,126 | −11.0% |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center, Nashville | 112 | $163,563,476 | $135,701,368 | 17.0% |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center, Smyrna | 115 | $210,409,822 | $109,647,354 | 47.9% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 7,242S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 31,868S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 87.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 87.3%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 17.3%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- COVENANT HEALTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: COVENANT HEALTH, home office; CLAIBORNE MC, hospital; CUMBERLAND MC, hospital; FT LOUDOUN MC, hospital; FS REGIONAL MC, hospital.
Other hospitals with the same owner: St. Joseph Hospital (ME), St. Marys Regional Medical Center (ME), St. Joseph Hospital of Nashua NH (NH), Cumberland Medical Center (TN), Covenant Health Roane (TN), Methodist Medical Center (TN), Claiborne Medical Center (TN), Covenant Health Leconte (TN), Fort Loudoun Medical Center (TN).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association (employer identification number 620545814) 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) | $14,501,913 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $5,610,465 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $3,776,260 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $9,386,725 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $5,115,188 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1237 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202413189349305556. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association (employer identification number 620545814) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Nance | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,044 | $0 |
| Amy E Herndon | VP - Financial Services | Officer | $184,672 | $0 | $26,735 |
| Bill Myers | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Cosby Stone | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,595 | $0 |
| Dave Miller | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,044 | $0 |
| Deborah K Cox | Shift Leader Clinical Nurse | Highest-compensated employee | $119,618 | $0 | $23,824 |
| Donald Hickman | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,498 | $0 |
| Edgar Gray | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,054 | $0 |
| Gerald Boyd | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $977 | $0 |
| Gordon E Lintz | President & CAO | Officer | $0 | $534,235 | $23,597 |
| Jacqueline S Lewis | Clinical Nurse | Highest-compensated employee | $131,333 | $0 | $34,053 |
| James D VanderSteeg | President & CEO | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $2,762,691 | $352,568 |
| James Gibson | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,008 | $0 |
| James Tramontana MD | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,196 | $0 |
| Janice McKinley | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,222 | $0 |
| Joe Sutter | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,462 | $0 |
| John T Geppi | Fmr EVP/CFO (through June 2023) | Officer | $0 | $971,426 | $24,345 |
| Jorge Sanabria | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,234 | $0 |
| Joseph C Dolan | EVP/CFO | Officer | $0 | $358,890 | $38,564 |
| King Purnell | Director/Chair | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $1,630 | $0 |
| Leslye Hartsell | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,027 | $0 |
| Linda Ogle | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa M Kelley | VP - Chief Nursing Officer | Key employee | $174,077 | $0 | $34,586 |
| Michael Casey MD | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Mitchell Dickson MD | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $796 | $0 |
| Pamela S Western | Pharmacist | Highest-compensated employee | $140,540 | $0 | $22,731 |
| Robert J Drinnon | Medical Physicist | Highest-compensated employee | $191,837 | $0 | $38,226 |
| Ronni Chandler | Fmr Director (through June 2023) | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah G Ramsey | Supervisor Pharmacy | Highest-compensated employee | $122,744 | $0 | $13,203 |
| Stephanie Flood | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $808 | $0 |
| Timothy Matthews | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,196 | $0 |
| Willard Campbell MD | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| William Seale | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $1,321 | $0 |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 440030. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read September 16, 2026.