Candler County Hospital

What Candler County Hospital does

Candler County Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located at 400 Cedar Street, Metter, Georgia, owned by Candler County and governed by the Candler County Hospital Authority — a seven-member citizen board plus the Chief of Medical Staff. The facility operates as a not-for-profit, Medicare-certified, DNV-GL-accredited institution providing comprehensive acute and outpatient care to residents of Candler County and surrounding rural communities, with 24/7 emergency, inpatient, ICU, surgical, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation, respiratory, and swing bed services.

The hospital's technology stack consists of standard, vendor-supplied healthcare IT: the CPSI/Thrive EHR and patient portal (via MyCareCorner) for clinical documentation and patient access, T-System for emergency department documentation, and a Sliced Health-hosted price transparency portal for compliance with federal pricing disclosure rules. A third-party AI chatbot from Costa Web Experts handles website visitor inquiries. Cardiovascular specialty services are delivered through a partnership with the Georgia Heart Hospital Program. There is no proprietary technology, no developer-facing API, and no in-house AI/ML capability.

The hospital is funded entirely through patient service revenue — emergency, inpatient, outpatient surgical, ancillary, and clinic services — supplemented by charity care and financial assistance for qualifying patients. It is not a venture-backed or PE-owned entity; its parent is a county government, and the Authority board provides community-based governance. Revenue, headcount, and margin are not publicly disclosed, and there are no documented funding rounds, M&A activity, or expansion announcements. Day-to-day operations are led by CEO/COO Marty Ray, CFO Will Bennett, and CNO Linda G. Coleman.

Name

Candler County Hospital

Legal name

Candler County Hospital

Website

https://candlercountyhospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1804

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Candler County Hospital is a 25-bed, county-owned Critical Access Hospital in Metter, Georgia providing 24/7 emergency, inpatient, surgical, and ancillary services to rural Candler County residents under DNV-GL accreditation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Critical Access Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Critical access hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Inpatient acute care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Rural community healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Metter

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Patient Services Revenue: As a not-for-profit Critical Access Hospital, operations are completely funded by revenues generated through patient services including emergency care, inpatient care, laboratory services, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation, and surgical services.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Candler County Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Metter, Georgia, providing 24/7 acute-care services to the residents of Candler County and surrounding rural communities. The hospital delivers a comprehensive continuum of care including emergency services, inpatient medical and post-surgical care, intensive care, same-day surgery, laboratory diagnostics, radiology and imaging, in-house pharmacy, respiratory and cardiopulmonary therapy, rehabilitation services, and a swing-bed skilled nursing program. The facility is county-owned, operates as a not-for-profit, and is DNV-GL accredited.

Product overview

Candler County Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital providing comprehensive healthcare services to Candler County, Georgia. The hospital operates as a single integrated facility offering emergency services, inpatient care, intensive care, surgical services, and diagnostic imaging. Support services include laboratory, pharmacy, rehabilitation, respiratory care, dietary services, and clinical resource management. The hospital partners with the Georgia Heart Hospital Program for cardiovascular specialty services. Patient access is facilitated through the MyCareCorner patient portal and CPSI/Thrive EHR system. The hospital is accredited by DNV-GL, licensed by the state, and Medicare certified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Services 24-hour, 365-day-a-year emergency department providing walk-in and ambulance-received emergency care for adult and pediatric patients in Candler County and surrounding areas; the hospital is a Level IV trauma center with primary emergency physician coverage.
• Inpatient Acute Care 25-bed medical-surgical inpatient unit providing overnight hospitalization for medical illness, post-surgical recovery, and observation stays for adult and pediatric patients.
• Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Specialized inpatient unit delivering continuous monitoring and higher-acuity nursing care for critically ill medical, post-surgical, and cardiac patients.
• Laboratory Services In-house clinical laboratory providing diagnostic testing for inpatients, emergency department patients, and outpatients referred by area physicians.
• Radiology and Imaging Diagnostic imaging department offering radiology, CT, ultrasound, mammography, MRI, bone densitometry, and nuclear medicine for inpatients, emergency, and referred outpatient studies.
• Pharmacy Services In-house hospital pharmacy providing medication dispensing, dosing, and clinical pharmacy support for inpatient, emergency, and surgical patients.
• Respiratory and Cardiopulmonary Therapy Respiratory therapy services including airway management, oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation support, pulmonary diagnostics, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation delivered by registered respiratory therapists.
• Same Day Surgery Outpatient and short-stay surgical service line providing scheduled procedures that allow patients to be admitted and discharged the same day, supported by pre-operative assessment, anesthesia, operating room, and post-anesthesia recovery.
• Rehabilitation Services Therapy Gym offering physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy services for inpatients and outpatients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery.
• Swing Bed Program Skilled nursing swing-bed service providing extended post-acute care and rehabilitation for patients who no longer require acute hospitalization but are not yet ready for discharge, including joint replacement recovery and wound care.
• Dietary and Nutritional Services Clinical nutrition services providing patient meal preparation, dietitian consultations, and therapeutic diets for inpatients, swing-bed patients, and outpatients requiring medical nutrition therapy.
• Clinical Resource Management Case management and utilization review service coordinating patient care plans, discharge planning, and clinical resource allocation across inpatient, swing-bed, and outpatient episodes.
• Wellness Center Community wellness and health-promotion service providing preventive health programs, screenings, and education for residents of Candler County and surrounding communities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Georgia Heart Hospital ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership program affiliated with Georgia Heart Hospital providing cardiovascular care services to local community, expanding access to specialty heart care without requiring travel to distant facilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Appling Healthcare: A 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Baxley, GA (Appling County). One of the closest direct comparables to CCH by bed count, CAH status, geography, and rural Georgia service mix.
• Emanuel Medical Center: A small rural hospital in Swainsboro, GA — about 30 miles from Metter. It is the closest comparable Critical Access-style community hospital in southeast Georgia, sharing CCH's payer mix, swing-bed/post-acute model, and county-hospital governance profile (and is referenced directly via CCH's own privacy notice link).
• Effingham Health System: A rural community hospital system serving Effingham County, GA. Comparable as a county-affiliated, smaller-scale acute care provider serving a single rural Georgia county with similar service-line breadth and swing-bed/post-acute capabilities.
• Wayne Memorial Hospital: A community hospital in Jesup, GA (Wayne County). Comparable as a rural southeast Georgia acute care provider with similar size, service-line breadth, and community hospital positioning.
• Optim Medical Center - Tattnall: A small community hospital in Reidsville, GA (Tattnall County). Directly comparable rural Georgia acute care facility with overlapping emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services.
• Bacon County Hospital: A Critical Access Hospital in Alma, GA (Bacon County). Comparable as a small rural Georgia CAH with similar bed count, swing-bed program, and county-affiliated governance.

Regional players

• Tift Regional Health System: A larger community health system based in Tifton, GA. Comparable as a regional referral hub that smaller rural GA hospitals (like CCH) may transfer complex cases to, providing a useful 'next-tier' benchmark for service scope.

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare: The largest U.S. for-profit hospital operator. Not a direct competitor in Candler County, but the broad incumbent whose rural acquisitions, staffing scale, and payer leverage shape the competitive environment in which small CAHs operate.
• LifePoint Health: A national operator focused on rural and community hospitals. Relevant as a strategic-acquirer archetype for CAH-scale facilities and a useful benchmark for what scaled rural-hospital management looks like.
• Quorum Health: A rural and community hospital operator spun out from Community Health Systems. Comparable as a peer that specifically targets small, non-urban acute care facilities similar to CCH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/candler-county-hospital

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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