Richland Hospital

The Richland Hospital, Inc. (The Hospital) operates a 25-bed critical access Hospital in Richland center, wi. Patients served by The Richland Hospital in 2023 included 3,168 adults and pediatrics inpatient days, 258 swing bed patient days, 207 newborn patient days, 61,098 total outpatient visits, and 7,409 emergency room visits. The Hospital also operates a physician clinic providing primary care procedures such as cardiac tests and ultrasounds. The Hospital engages in several efforts that are described in detail on The schedule h attached to The return.

The Richland Hospital, Inc. also operates three rural health clinics located in Richland center, spring green and muscoda, wi. During 2023 we converted a provider based clinic to a rural health clinic, raising The number of rural health clinics to three. These clinics provided over 15,199 visits to patients in these communities. The clinics are designated rural health clinics by The medicare and medicaid programs and as such by definition are located in designated rural or underserved areas of The country by health care practitioners. These clinics provide care to a large portion of medicare and medicaid beneficiaries who without access to care locally would be required to travel farther distances for quality healthcare.