Bolivar Medical Center

What Bolivar Medical Center does

Bolivar Medical Center is a 164-bed acute-care general hospital located in Cleveland, Mississippi, serving as the primary healthcare anchor for the rural Mississippi Delta region. Founded in 1962 and operating as a for-profit private facility, the hospital delivers a comprehensive service portfolio spanning inpatient, outpatient, and 24/7 emergency department care (the ED operates as an 11-bed Level 4 trauma center handling approximately 18,000 patient visits annually). The facility runs a 35-bed nursing home for long-term care, a 12-bed swing bed program for post-acute rehabilitation, and a 12-bed Foundations Behavioral Health Unit serving geriatric patients aged 55 and over. Specialty outpatient services are delivered through four affiliated clinics: Cleveland Medical Clinic (primary care with 8 providers), Cleveland Surgical Clinic, Bolivar Urology Clinic, and Bolivar Women's Clinic (OB/GYN).

The hospital's technology platform centers on Joint Commission-accredited acute care with ACR-accredited CT, MRI, and mammography imaging, ACC-accredited chest pain protocols, and minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery. In 2025 the facility installed the Olympus CV-1500 endoscopy system — Narrow Band Imaging and Texture and Color Enhancement Imaging — making it the only hospital in the region with this diagnostic precision platform; digestive health services for colonoscopy, GERD, IBS/IBD/Crohn's, and related GI conditions represent an expanding service line.

Bolivar Medical Center generates revenue primarily through fee-for-service patient billing across insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay channels (additional streams include long-term care and swing bed/behavioral health billing, which are heavily Medicare/Medicaid-weighted). Following the June 2, 2026 closing of Lifepoint Health's acquisition of eight ScionHealth hospitals, Bolivar now operates within a 34-state network spanning 68 community hospital campuses, 70+ behavioral health/rehabilitation facilities, and 300+ additional sites of care. The hospital reports approximately 330 full-time employees with salary, wage, and benefit costs exceeding $27 million annually (2024); community benefit includes $60 million+ in charitable and uncompensated care in 2024 and $53 million+ in 2025, alongside $4-5 million in annual state and local taxes.

Name

Bolivar Medical Center

Legal name

Bolivar Medical Center

Website

https://bolivarmedical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Bolivar Medical Center is a 164-bed acute care general hospital in Cleveland, Mississippi, serving the rural Mississippi Delta with comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, 24/7 emergency, long-term care, geriatric behavioral health, and multispecialty clinic services. The facility is owned by Lifepoint Health following a June 2026 acquisition from ScionHealth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Other Outpatient Care Centers (62149), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Acute Transitional Care / Subacute Rehab Centers (HLADAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) (HLAFAFAB), Short-Term Rehabilitation (Post-Acute) SNFs (HLADADAA), Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Emergency medical services
• General surgical services
• Diagnostic imaging
• Long-term care

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department services including medical and surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and rehabilitation. Services billed through insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay.
2. Long-Term Care Services: Revenue from 35-bed nursing home facility providing extended care services, billed primarily through Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.
3. Swing Bed and Behavioral Health Services: 12 swing beds for rehabilitation and extended care, and 12 geropsychology beds for senior mental health services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bolivar Medical Center is a 164-bed Joint Commission-accredited acute care general hospital providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department services to the Cleveland and Mississippi Delta community. Core service lines include a 24/7 Level 4 trauma center Emergency Department, general and minimally invasive/robotic surgery, women's health/OB-GYN, radiology, urology, rehabilitation, geriatric behavioral health, and a 35-bed long-term care nursing home. The hospital operates four affiliated specialty clinics and supports a 12-bed swing bed program for post-acute recovery.

Product overview

Bolivar Medical Center is a 164-bed acute-care general hospital offering a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department services. The hospital operates multiple specialty clinics including Cleveland Medical Clinic (primary care, family medicine, internal medicine) and Cleveland Surgical Clinic (general surgery). Key services include Emergency Room (Level 4 trauma center), Surgery (including robotic/minimally invasive), Women's Health, Radiology, Urology, Rehabilitation, Digestive Health, and Behavioral Health. The facility includes a 35-bed nursing home for long-term care and a 12-bed swing bed program for post-acute recovery. Recent technology investment includes the Olympus CV-1500 endoscopy system, the only such advanced system in the region. The hospital also provides free online health risk assessments for breast, colon, and heart health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Room Level 4 trauma center emergency department staffed 24/7 with licensed medical physicians, serving approximately 18,000 patients annually with an 11-bed unit for adult and pediatric emergency care.
• Primary Care

Quantifiable outcome

• One of only 11 hospitals in Mississippi to earn 'A' grade from The Leapfrog Group for Spring 2026
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lifepoint HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026Bolivar Medical Center officially joined Lifepoint Health following the close of the company's transaction to acquire eight acute care hospitals from ScionHealth. Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider based in Brentwood, Tennessee, serving patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. The network spans 34 states with 68 community hospital campuses, more than 70 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and more than 300 additional sites of care.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• North Mississippi Medical Center: Tupelo-based regional referral hospital and largest hospital in Mississippi. Competes with Bolivar for higher-acuity referrals from the northern Delta region and represents the natural destination for complex cases.
• Baptist Memorial Hospital - DeSoto: Larger Mississippi community hospital operated by Baptist Memorial Health Care, the largest hospital system in Mississippi. Comparable service breadth with greater scale and tertiary capability.
• Merit Health: Multi-hospital system operating community hospitals across Mississippi. Directly comparable to Bolivar at the individual facility level (community acute + ambulatory clinics) while being part of a regional portfolio.

Direct peers

• Delta Health - The Medical Center: Community hospital serving the Greenville, Mississippi Delta region. Closest geographic peer to Bolivar with a comparable rural Delta demographic footprint, mixed acute and post-acute services, and similar payor mix.
• Greenwood Leflore Hospital: Community hospital in Greenwood, Mississippi within the same Delta region as Bolivar. Similar bed-count profile, swing bed utilization, and rural Mississippi payor and demographic exposure.
• Magnolia Regional Health Center: Community hospital in Corinth, Mississippi with a comparable bed scale and service mix (acute care, outpatient specialty clinics, employed physician group) addressing a rural catchment area in northern Mississippi.
• King's Daughters Medical Center: Community hospital in Brookhaven, Mississippi with a similar acute-care-plus-clinic footprint to Bolivar and analogous rural Mississippi payor dynamics.

Regional players

• Anderson Regional Health System: Regional health system based in Meridian, Mississippi offering acute care plus specialty services. Comparable in scope to Bolivar's community hospital service line though operating at a slightly larger scale and broader geography.
• St. Dominic Hospital: Jackson, Mississippi community hospital with comparable acute care, outpatient, and specialty services. Relevant peer for service-line mix and quality reputation benchmarks even though serving a different geographic catchment.

Emerging players

• Methodist Healthcare (Memphis): Large multi-hospital system anchored in Memphis, just across the Tennessee border from Bolivar's service area. Represents the primary out-of-state tertiary referral destination and partial competitor for ambulatory care in the broader Delta market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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