Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Merit Health River Oaks?
1030 River Oaks Drive · Flowood, MS · 39232
Overview
Beds158
Discharges5,937cost report 2024
Occupancy44%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)559
Merit Health River Oaks is a short-term acute hospital in Flowood, Mississippi, operated by River Oaks Hospital, LLC. Rankin County has 5 hospitals, 5 nursing homes and 3 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Merit Health River Oaks is operated by River Oaks Hospital, LLC, part of Community Health Systems.
- Operator
- River Oaks Hospital, 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 River Oaks, 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 | $184.1M |
| Operating expenses | $156.5M |
| Net income | $30.6M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 16.6% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $5.6M |
| Charity care cost | $4.5M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $7K |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 15.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 62.4%
- Medicare 20.9%
- Medicaid 16.8%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470 | 106 | $13K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 97 | $12K |
| Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with MCC or 4+ arteries/ · 321 | 33 | $19K |
| Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without MCC · 522 | 30 | $14K |
| Revision of hip or knee replacement without CC/MCC · 468 | 29 | $18K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 213 |
| Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5116 | 186 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 159 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114 | 145 |
| Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5362 | 130 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 1030 River Oaks Drive · Flowood, MS · 39232
- County
- Rankin County
- State
- Mississippi
Hospitals in the county5
Nursing homes5
Urgent care centers3
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Health Women's Hospital | Flowood | 0.0 mi |
| Mississippi Methodist Rehab Ctr | Jackson | 3.5 mi |
| University Of Mississippi Med Center | Jackson | 4.0 mi |
| Select Specialty Hospital - Belhaven | Jackson | 4.3 mi |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | Jackson | 4.3 mi |
| Select Specialty Hospital Jackson | Jackson | 4.6 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
- 250138
- NPI
- 1396792032
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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