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Critical access hospital · Del Norte, Colorado · 17 beds · CMS certification number 061301

Rio Grande Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS July 14, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$35.4M
$35,448,635 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$36.6M
$36,589,946 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.1M
−$1,141,311 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−3.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.3M in its first year on file (1996) to $35.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2.1M (2023), −$2.3M (2024), −$1.1M (2025).
  • 4 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 7.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 42.2%.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$1.3M
$2.3M
1997
reopened
$2.3M
$2.4M
1998
settled
$2.4M
$2.6M
1999
reopened
$2.9M
$3.0M
2000
reopened
$3.0M
$3.3M
2001
settled with audit
$3.3M
$3.4M
2002
reopened
$3.8M
$3.9M
2003
settled
$4.1M
$4.4M
2004
settled
$5.5M
$6.5M
2005
settled
$7.6M
$7.9M
2006
reopened
$8.6M
$8.8M
2007
settled
$8.9M
$9.2M
2008
settled
$9.0M
$9.6M
2009
settled
$10.4M
$10.5M
2010
settled
$10.8M
$10.7M
2011
reopened
$11.5M
$11.2M
2012
settled
$13.7M
$12.8M
2013
settled
$13.6M
$12.8M
2014
settled
$14.5M
$13.4M
2015
settled
$15.6M
$14.4M
2016
settled with audit
$15.7M
$16.4M
2017
settled
$17.1M
$17.7M
2018
settled
$19.4M
$18.7M
2019
settled
$23.0M
$22.0M
2020
settled
$21.4M
$22.8M
2021
settled
$24.7M
$24.8M
2022
settled
$26.7M
$28.3M
2023
settled
$29.6M
$31.7M
2024
as submitted
$32.6M
$34.9M
2025
as submitted
$35.4M
$36.6M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Colorado with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Rio Grande Hospital17$35,448,635$36,589,946−3.2%
San Luis Valley Health, La Jara17$15,451,542$14,772,5464.4%
Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital, Burlington19$25,435,618$26,227,325−3.1%
Pioneers Medical Center, Meeker16$59,267,755$67,104,466−13.2%
Rangely District Hospital, Rangely18$18,570,445$25,181,053−35.6%
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center, Walsenburg20$35,825,218$42,827,175−19.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
524
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
2,328
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
6.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
37.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
42.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.9%
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 Valley Citizens Foundation for Health (employer identification number 841276376) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$5,406,625IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$408,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$408,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$4,998,625IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1707IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202403189349300410. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Valley Citizens Foundation for Health (employer identification number 841276376) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Arlene HarmsCEOOfficer$185,172$0$14,057
Brenda StruderDirector (Sept-Dec)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Clifford Robins MDER PhysicianHighest-compensated employee$373,092$0$8,428
Daniel MacDougalER PhysicianHighest-compensated employee$318,376$0$22,444
Emily BrownVice Chair/SecretaryTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Gail MattiveDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Greg PorterCFOOfficer$140,619$0$12,698
James Ely WalkerER PhysicianHighest-compensated employee$306,088$0$31,903
Julie SauvigneDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Kazie DeaconDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Leah WeyersDirector (Jan-July)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Patrick ThompsonER PhysicianHighest-compensated employee$387,120$0$26,713
Paul FosterDirector (Sept-Dec)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Sharon NashDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Starr PearsonDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Tom HaefliDirector (Jan-Feb)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Tyler HathornDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Tyler OffChairmanTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
William RoseER PhysicianHighest-compensated employee$360,391$0$15,178

E-file object id 202403189349300410. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 061301. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read July 14, 2026.