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Short-term acute care hospital · Pine Bluff, Arkansas · 245 beds · CMS certification number 040071

Jefferson Hospital Association

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 21, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$258.4M
$258,405,842 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$264.9M
$264,876,678 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$6.5M
−$6,470,836 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−2.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $103.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $258.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$39.9M (2023), −$45.2M (2024), −$6.5M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 14.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.8%.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$103.2M
$104.0M
1998
reopened
$137.5M
$139.0M
1999
settled with audit
$137.0M
$137.4M
2000
reopened
$129.1M
$127.5M
2001
reopened
$132.9M
$133.3M
2002
reopened
$148.9M
$142.7M
2003
settled
$147.2M
$151.8M
2004
settled
$162.9M
$169.9M
2005
settled
$169.7M
$168.4M
2006
reopened
$163.2M
$165.0M
2007
reopened
$170.1M
$178.4M
2008
reopened
$173.9M
$177.9M
2009
reopened
$191.6M
$195.9M
2010
reopened
$187.7M
$186.5M
2011
reopened
$174.8M
$177.7M
2012
reopened
$169.6M
$172.6M
2013
reopened
$166.2M
$179.9M
2014
reopened
$153.6M
$166.2M
2015
reopened
$170.8M
$173.2M
2016
reopened
$164.4M
$167.7M
2017
reopened
$173.1M
$186.0M
2018
reopened
$184.7M
$196.7M
2019
reopened
$191.2M
$201.0M
2020
settled
$170.9M
$219.0M
2021
settled
$195.0M
$215.6M
2022
settled
$203.6M
$233.2M
2023
amended
$201.7M
$241.7M
2024
as submitted
$198.3M
$243.5M
2025
amended
$258.4M
$264.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Arkansas with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Jefferson Hospital Association245$258,405,842$264,876,678−2.5%
Baptist Health - Fort Smith, Fort Smith278$275,480,526$319,381,229−15.9%
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, Fort Smith286$525,954,140$455,155,17213.5%
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Rogers263$435,374,112$418,870,9843.8%
Northwest Medical Center, Springdale309$309,432,216$320,672,088−3.6%
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs, Hot Springs206$262,924,235$258,793,3111.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
6,551
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
31,565
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
86.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
35.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
27.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
14.7%
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 Jefferson Hospital Association Inc (employer identification number 710329353) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$23,056,898IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$2,689,034IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$4,272,906IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$6,961,940IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$16,094,958IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0944IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202441319349303819. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Jefferson Hospital Association Inc (employer identification number 710329353) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
A CAHILL - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
A Kline - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
A SANDERS - SEE SCH ODirector Effective: 09/22Trustee/director$0$0$0
B JACKSON - SEE SCH OVP & CAOOfficer$0$0$0
B THOMAS - SEE SCH OPRESIDENT & CEOTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
C Morgan - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
D ATKINSON - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
D BRIDGFORTH - SEE SCH OTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
D BROWN - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
D ROBINSON - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
F ANTHONY - SEE SCH ODIRECTOR Retired: 09/22Trustee/director$0$0$0
F TROTTER III - SEE SCH OVICE CHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
G BIRK - SEE SCH OPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$0$0
G Makris - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
J ACOSTA - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
J FAKOURI - SEE SCH OPhysicianHighest-compensated employee$0$0$0
J JEFFERY - SEE SCH OSVP & CFOOfficer$0$0$0
J Shah - SEE SCH OPhysicianHighest-compensated employee$0$0$0
JB MAYS - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
L ALEXANDER - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
L HICKMAN - SEE SCH OVP & CCOOfficer$0$0$0
M CASTEEL - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
M ECKERT - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
M Powell - SEE SCH OVP & CNOOfficer$0$0$0
P AUSTIN - SEE SCH OSVP & COOOfficer$0$0$0
R BURRELL - SEE SCH OPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$0$0
S PITTILLO - SEE SCH OCHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
S WRIGHT - SEE SCH ODIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
T Middleton - SEE SCH ODirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
T Simon - SEE SCH OPhysicianHighest-compensated employee$0$0$0

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 040071. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read September 21, 2026.