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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Forrest General Hospital?

6051 Us Highway 49 South · Hattiesburg, MS · 39404

Overview

Beds513
Discharges24,015cost report 2024
Occupancy67%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)3,258

Forrest General Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, operated by Forrest County General Hospital. Forrest County has 1 hospitals, 5 nursing homes and 2 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Forrest General Hospital is operated by Forrest County General Hospital, part of Forrest Health.

Operator
Forrest County General Hospital
Owner group
Forrest Health
Ownership type
Local
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Forrest General Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Forrest Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.

Net patient revenue$608.3M
Operating expenses$563.5M
Net income$90.3M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue14.9%
Uncompensated care cost$41.1M
Charity care cost$27.8M
Medicaid net revenue$154.4M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage14.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 56.1%
  • Medicare 26.9%
  • Medicaid 16.9%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871650$13K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291302$9K
Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without MCC · 274243$21K
Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures with MCC · 266142$40K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177134$11K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 80111,395
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115400
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114205
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191205
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072167

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
6051 Us Highway 49 South · Hattiesburg, MS · 39404
County
Forrest County
State
Mississippi
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes5
Urgent care centers2

Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage)
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
250078
NPI
1225041809
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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