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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Merit Health River Oaks?

1030 River Oaks Drive · Flowood, MS · 39232

Overview

Beds158
Discharges5,937cost report 2024
Occupancy44%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)559

Merit Health River Oaks is a short-term acute hospital in Flowood, Mississippi, operated by River Oaks Hospital, LLC. Rankin County has 5 hospitals, 5 nursing homes and 3 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Merit Health River Oaks is operated by River Oaks Hospital, LLC, part of Community Health Systems.

Operator
River Oaks Hospital, LLC
Owner group
Community Health Systems
Ownership type
Private For Profit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Merit Health River Oaks, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Community Health Systems

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$184.1M
Operating expenses$156.5M
Net income$30.6M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue16.6%
Uncompensated care cost$5.6M
Charity care cost$4.5M
Medicaid net revenue$7K
Medicare disproportionate share percentage15.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 62.4%
  • Medicare 20.9%
  • Medicaid 16.8%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470106$13K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 87197$12K
Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with MCC or 4+ arteries/ · 32133$19K
Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without MCC · 52230$14K
Revision of hip or knee replacement without CC/MCC · 46829$18K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302213
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5116186
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115159
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114145
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5362130

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

Location and market

Address
1030 River Oaks Drive · Flowood, MS · 39232
County
Rankin County
State
Mississippi
Hospitals in the county5
Nursing homes5
Urgent care centers3

Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments · CMS Hospital All Owners · SEC filing · SEC 10-K, Exhibit 21
  • 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
250138
NPI
1396792032
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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