Phillips County Hospital Association

Phillips County Hospital Association is a 6-bed critical access hospital (CAH) and provider based Rural Health Clinic that is contracted with one physician and employs four nurse practitioners, and is located in Malta, Montana. The Hospital provides quality care and services in ER, Inpatient, Outpatient and swing bed medical care along with home/community-based services to all ages of our community in Phillips County, Montana and the surrounding areas. During FY 2023 the Organization had total inpatient days of 303 with an average daily census of 0.83. There were a total of 1,414 ER patients.The provider based Rural Health Clinic (RHC) provides family practice/primary care to meet the medical needs of our rural/frontier community of all ages regardless of ability to pay. Our RHC is HPSA designated as well as a NHSN site. Total visits for Fiscal Year 2023: 6,198.Home and Community Based services offered includes Visiting Nurse Services, Personal Assistance and DME/oxygen. These services meet the needs of our community's elderly and disabled who have limited to no resources and wish to be able to remain in the community. These individuals either can't make it out of their home, or it is very difficult for them to get out of their home for care/services. During the fiscal year the Organization had the following statistics: Visiting Nurse visits last year - 103, DME/oxygen encounters - 744 patient encounters and Personal Assistance client episodes were at 393. Phillips County Hospital offers a fully functional, staffed and equipped Laboratory (70,800 tests) as well as Radiology departments (X-Rays-1,748, CT-850, MRI-131, US-192). We also provide PT to inpatients and outpatients (1,105). Services provided during the year also included mobile mammography (179), DEXA scans (16), and telehealth visits (33).The Organization provided an estimated cost of $4,000 in charity care for Fiscal year 2023.