Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Merit Health Central?
1850 Chadwick Dr · Jackson, MS · 39204
Overview
Beds238
Discharges4,605cost report 2024
Occupancy36%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)384
Merit Health Central is a short-term acute hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, operated by Jackson HMA, LLC. Hinds County has 6 hospitals, 10 nursing homes and 7 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Merit Health Central is operated by Jackson HMA, LLC, part of Community Health Systems.
- Operator
- Jackson HMA, LLC
- Owner group
- Community Health Systems
- Ownership type
- Private For Profit
- Sources
- CMS Hospital Enrollments · 2026-10-01
- CMS Hospital All Owners · 2026-09-29
- SEC filing · 2026-02-19
- SEC 10-K, Exhibit 21 · 2026-02-19
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Merit Health Central, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Community Health Systems
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $97.0M |
| Operating expenses | $97.0M |
| Net income | $1.8M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 1.9% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $15.7M |
| Charity care cost | $13.0M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $16K |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 53.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 57.4%
- Medicaid 34.3%
- Medicare 8.3%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Psychoses · 885 | 178 | $12K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 22 | $16K |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC · 280 | 14 | $14K |
| Depressive neuroses · 881 | 13 | $9K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Level 7 Radiation Therapy · 5627 | 13 |
| Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191 | 13 |
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 11 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 1850 Chadwick Dr · Jackson, MS · 39204
- County
- Hinds County
- State
- Mississippi
Hospitals in the county6
Nursing homes10
Urgent care centers7
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Select Specialty Hospital - Belhaven | Jackson | 4.9 mi |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | Jackson | 4.9 mi |
| University Of Mississippi Med Center | Jackson | 5.5 mi |
| Mississippi Methodist Rehab Ctr | Jackson | 5.8 mi |
| Merit Health Women's Hospital | Flowood | 9.1 mi |
| Merit Health River Oaks | Flowood | 9.1 mi |
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
- 250072
- NPI
- 1033163092
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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