What Coffey Health System does

Coffey Health System is a private, non-profit rural community healthcare system headquartered in Burlington, Kansas, operating under the legal entity Coffey County Hospital. Founded in 1954 and holding Critical Access Hospital designation, the system delivers a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services to the residents of Burlington and surrounding Coffey County. Its service portfolio spans emergency medicine (24/7 ER, ambulance/EMS), surgery, radiology including 3D mammography, clinical laboratory, cardiopulmonary diagnostics, IV therapy, pain management, obstetric care (OB Pathway), physical rehabilitation, speech therapy, respite care, and social services/case management. The system also operates The Meadows, a senior living apartment facility, and participates in the federal 340B Pharmacy Program, enabling reduced-cost drug purchasing passed through to patients.

The organization's revenue model is service-fee based, billed through a published Chargemaster with negotiated rates for insured patients (Aetna, BCBS, Ambetter, GEHA, Humana, UHC, MedMutual) and discounted cash pricing plus financial assistance for uninsured or underinsured patients through a Patient Financial Assistance (PFA) program. The underlying technology stack is conventional for a community hospital: electronic health records, a patient portal for record access and provider communication, and a third-party online bill payment platform (PersonaPay). No proprietary technology platforms, AI/ML systems, or APIs were disclosed. Marketing and patient acquisition rely on physician referrals, community health programs (annual Community Blood Tests, free cancer screenings), local news coverage, and direct walk-in or emergency access.

The organization is led by Jeremy Clingenpeel as President and CEO and James Higgins as COO. It employs 251–500 staff and serves a single-county catchment area. The system has no disclosed parent company, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents, and no public revenue figures. Its competitive position rests on its Critical Access Hospital regulatory protections, geographic monopoly within Coffey County, and deep community ties built over decades, including long-tenured physicians such as Dr. John Shell, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024 after 33 years of service.

Name

Coffey Health System

Legal name

Coffey County Hospital (d/b/a Coffey Health System)

Website

https://coffeyhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Coffey Health System is a non-profit rural Critical Access Hospital in Burlington, Kansas, delivering inpatient, outpatient, emergency, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitative, and senior living services to residents of Burlington and Coffey County. Founded in 1954, it operates 251–500 staff across its hospital campus and affiliated clinics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Community Hospital Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Subacute Care Facilities (HLAFAFAE), Single-Site CCRCs (HLADAEAE)

Keywords

• Rural hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Senior living facilities
• Community health programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue from inpatient and outpatient medical services including emergency care, surgery, diagnostics, and therapeutic treatments. Charges are based on standard Chargemaster rates with negotiated rates for insured patients and financial assistance available for qualifying uninsured patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Coffey Health System operates Coffey County Hospital, a rural Critical Access Hospital in Burlington, Kansas providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. Offerings span emergency care, surgery, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, cardiopulmonary, rehabilitation, pain management, obstetrics, and senior living through The Meadows. The system also operates community-facing programs including EMS, free cancer screenings, and community blood tests.

Product overview

Coffey Health System is a rural healthcare organization operating Coffey County Hospital and affiliated clinics in Burlington, Kansas. The system provides a unified portfolio of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including emergency care, surgical services, diagnostic imaging (including 3D mammography), laboratory services, cardiopulmonary care, rehabilitation therapies, and senior living through The Meadows. Supporting services include a 340B Pharmacy Program, Patient Portal for health record access, online bill pay through PersonaPay, and financial assistance programs. The organization serves the local community with integrated care delivery across multiple service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Room Services 24/7 emergency care for residents and visitors of Coffey County and surrounding rural Kansas; serves as the primary emergency access point for the region.
• Surgical Services
• Diagnostic Imaging / Radiology
• Laboratory Services
• Cardiopulmonary Services
• IV Therapy
• OB Pathway / Obstetrics
• Pain Clinic
• Rehabilitation Services
• Speech Therapy
• Respite Care
• Social Services
• 3D Mammography
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• The Meadows Senior Living
• Pharmacy
• Patient Portal
• Online Bill Pay
• Financial Assistance Program
• Free Cancer Screenings
• Community Blood Tests

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lifepoint Health: Owns and operates a large portfolio of rural and community hospitals, including Critical Access facilities, across the United States. Directly comparable as a rural/community-hospital operator serving similar low-density markets with comparable service-line breadth.
• Quorum Health: Operator of small-town and rural hospitals in non-urban communities. Closely comparable business model focused on community hospitals of similar scale and scope to Coffey Health System.
• Great Plains Health Alliance: Coalition-style organization supporting rural Kansas and Plains-state hospitals, including Critical Access facilities. Directly comparable as a rural Kansas hospital support and operating peer to Coffey's CAH model.

Broad incumbents

• Community Health Systems: One of the largest US hospital operators, with a sizable rural and non-urban footprint alongside urban facilities. Comparable as an incumbent acute-care provider, though operating at materially greater scale and geographic diversification than Coffey.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit US hospital operator with broad acute-care portfolio. Comparable as a general medical and surgical hospital operator, though Coffey operates at far smaller scale and in a community/non-profit structure.
• Brookdale Senior Living: Largest US senior living operator with independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. Comparable to Coffey's The Meadows senior living apartments as an incumbent senior housing peer, though at substantially larger national scale.
• Universal Health Services: Major acute-care and behavioral-health hospital operator with a meaningful community-hospital segment. Comparable as a diversified incumbent acute-care operator, though Coffey is non-profit and non-behavioral.

Regional players

• Stormont Vail Health: Regional health system based in Topeka, Kansas, serving northeastern Kansas with similar community-hospital service lines. Comparable as a Kansas-based non-profit community health system with overlapping service area dynamics, though larger and tertiary-care capable.
• Salina Regional Health Center: Regional referral hospital serving north-central Kansas with acute-care and specialty services. Comparable as a Kansas non-profit community health system serving rural communities in a similar reimbursement and demographic context.

Emerging players

• Encompass Health: Largest US operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and a major post-acute provider. Comparable to Coffey's Rehab & Wellness and speech therapy lines as a post-acute/rehab specialist, though at much greater scale and national footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coffeyhospital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coffey-health-system

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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