Linton Hospital

Programs: Linton hospital is a 14-bed critical access hospital that has available 24-hour licensed healthcare practitioners and nursing services. Swingbed services are available for patients requiring skilled care. Emergency room care is provided to over 1,500 emergency room visits per year. Linton hospital also provides the following services: operating room, anesthesia services, dietary services, medical records services, pharmaceutical services, laboratory services, housekeeping, electrocardiograms, sleep studies, cardiac rehab, physical therapy, ultrasound services, radiology, digital mammogram services, cardiac stress tests, mri services, ct scan and diabetic education services. The organization provides these services through participation in the government programs such as cms. Linton hospital's community caring program (charity care) policy provides discounted or free services to patients who qualify. This policy is designed to ensure that the communities served have access to needed healthcare.

linton hospital owns and operates 3 clinics in the cities of linton and hazelton, nd and herreid, sd. Two of these clinics are designated rural health clinics and the hazelton clinic is a free-standing clinic. Linton hospital employs one family practice physician, three nurse practitioners, and one physician assistant to provide services to the hospital and clinics. Total clinic visits were 8,336 this year. The organization provides these services through participation in government programs such as cms. Linton hospital's community care program policy provides discounted or free services to patients who qualify. This policy is designed to ensure that communities served have access to needed healthcare.

linton hospital operates the emmons county emergency ambulance service (including foot care) which covers a service area of 1,555 square miles. Emmons county is surrounded by kidder, logan, and mcintosh counties in north dakota and campbell county in south dakota. The emmons county emergency ambulance service provides 24 hour, 7 days a week advanced life support service to a population of approximately 3,500 residents. Linton hospital provides these services through participation in government programs such as cms. The organization's community care policy provides discounted or free services to patients who qualify. This policy is designed to ensure that communities served have access to needed healthcare.

other revenue includes income generated from contracted physicians, cafeteria sales, sale of supplies and rental of hospital space.