Critical access hospital · Ripon, Wisconsin · 15 beds · CMS certification number 521321
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 12, 2026. 24 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 $6.2M in its first year on file (2002) to $32.0M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$1.5M (2023), $397K (2024), −$3.0M (2025).
- 2 of the 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 6.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.6%.
- AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
24 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Wisconsin with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | 15 | $31,969,128 | $35,006,395 | −9.5% |
| Cumberland Healthcare, Cumberland | 14 | $31,229,691 | $36,371,432 | −16.5% |
| Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton | 16 | $40,268,823 | $43,729,676 | −8.6% |
| Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville, Neillsville | 16 | $41,737,390 | $38,607,217 | 7.5% |
| Mayo Clinic Health System - Sparta, Sparta | 15 | $51,161,112 | $50,252,040 | 1.8% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital- Superior, Superior | 16 | $122,248,791 | $95,122,777 | 22.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 493S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 1,654S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 4.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 30.2%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 27.6%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 6.3%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC100%
- SSM HEALTH CARE OF WISCONSIN INC100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: SSM HEALTH (100%), laboratory; SSM HEALTH (100%), home office; SSM HEALTH (100%), ssm regional ho.
Other hospitals with the same owner: SSM Health Monroe Hospital (WI), Stoughton Hospital (WI).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, church.
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 RIPON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 391101287) 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) | $2,666,396 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $633,205 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $1,692,762 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $2,420,423 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $245,973 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0801 | 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 RIPON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 391101287) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER OGLE | PT YR DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DEANN THURMER | FORMER OFFICER | Former | $0 | $407,420 | $137,142 |
| DOUGLAS LONG | SECRETARY, GENERAL COUNSEL AT SSM HEALTH | Officer | $0 | $1,425,239 | $777,013 |
| ELLEN SORENSEN | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER MASKEL | DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN | Trustee/director | $0 | $142,795 | $14,024 |
| JOAN KARSTON | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KARL BERTRAM | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHERINE VERGOS | FORMER OFFICER | Former | $0 | $643,009 | $242,929 |
| KATIE KENNEDY | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARGARET HEFFERNAN | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK HOLZMAN | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY WHITROCK | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW LUEPTOW | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW POGODZINSKI | DIRECTOR, PHYSICIAN | Trustee/director | $0 | $755,367 | $62,067 |
| OLIVIA OTTE | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PATTI LEITZEN FYE | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PENG HER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RACHEL PRELLWITZ | PT YR DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDY COMBS | TREASURER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT SSM HEALTH | Officer | $0 | $2,182,354 | $1,238,074 |
| RHEA EMMER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE SMOOT | VICE PRESIDENT, COO AT SSM HEALTH | Officer | $0 | $2,054,358 | $1,204,489 |
| SUE ANDERSON | DIRECTOR, REGIONAL PRESIDENT | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $1,428,914 | $540,322 |
| TED MILLER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS KIRSCHBAUM | ASSISTANT SECRETARY | Officer | $0 | $532,265 | $210,384 |
| TODD WEIR | PT YR DIRECTOR, CHAIRPERSON | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| WAYNE MATZKE | DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| WESLEY SPARKMAN | DIRECTOR, CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $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 521321. 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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 12, 2026.