Loring Hospital

What Loring Hospital does

Loring Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located at 211 Highland Avenue in Sac City, Iowa, serving the residents of Sac City and the surrounding Sac County region. Founded in 1950 and operating as a private nonprofit, the hospital delivers general acute care, 24/7 emergency services, surgical procedures, orthopedic care (including sports medicine and joint replacement), mental health services (notably a new program for older adults launched in March 2026), outpatient clinics, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, and rehabilitation therapies. The campus also includes Oak Terrace, a senior living community, and the Loring Hospital Foundation supports community health initiatives.

Revenue mechanics follow the standard US community-hospital model: net patient revenue from Medicare (including cost-based CAH reimbursement), Medicaid, commercial insurance, and self-pay, supplemented by foundation donations. The hospital publishes a CMS-compliant machine-readable file of standard charges and offers an online price estimation tool, and financial counselors are available for personalized estimates. No public revenue figure is disclosed, and no funding rounds, M&A, or external capital raises are indicated in the available data.

Loring Hospital operates as an affiliate of UnityPoint Health, a larger regional system, which provides shared clinical resources, specialist referral pathways, and the MyUnityPoint patient portal for records, scheduling, and remote nurse-line access. Marketing and patient acquisition are conducted through the hospital's own website, Facebook page, a community newsletter, and on-site health education classes and events (e.g., the "Welcome to Medicare" seminar). The organization maintains triennial Community Health Needs Assessments (2019, 2022, 2025) as part of its nonprofit community-benefit obligations.

Name

Loring Hospital

Legal name

Loring Hospital

Website

https://loringhospital.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Loring Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital in Sac City, Iowa, providing emergency, surgical, orthopedic, mental health, and outpatient services to local community residents, affiliated with the UnityPoint Health network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Critical Access Hospital Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Critical access hospital
• Emergency care services
• Orthopedic surgery services
• Senior mental health care
• Rehabilitation therapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sac City

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, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Loring Hospital is a 25-bed, full-service primary care critical access hospital providing 24/7 emergency care, surgical services, orthopedic surgery, outpatient clinics, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, and rehabilitation therapy to residents of Sac City, Iowa and surrounding rural communities. It also operates Oak Terrace, a senior living community, and offers a dedicated mental health program for older adults.

Product overview

Loring Hospital is a healthcare facility providing comprehensive medical services including emergency care, orthopedic surgery, mental health programs, outpatient services, and surgical procedures. The hospital also operates Oak Terrace, a senior living community, and maintains a Foundation for community health initiatives. The organization offers standard hospital services such as radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, and occupational therapy through its facility in Sac City, Iowa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Care Services
• Surgical Services
• Orthopedic Surgery Services
• Mental Health Program for Older Adults
• Outpatient Services
• Diagnostic Imaging Services
• Laboratory Services
• Rehabilitation Therapy Services
• Oak Terrace Senior Living

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UnityPoint HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLoring Hospital is affiliated with UnityPoint Health, a larger healthcare system. The partnership enables access to specialized services, shared resources, and coordinated care across a broader network. The hospital uses MyUnityPoint patient portal for medical records and scheduling.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MercyOne: Iowa-based integrated health system with multiple critical access and community hospitals across the state. Highly comparable as a competing rural-serving network competing for the same patient base and specialist pool.
• UnityPoint Health: Parent/affiliated regional health system spanning Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Comparable as the broader integrated delivery network that Loring plugs into via the MyUnityPoint platform and shared specialist resources.
• Avera Health: Multi-state Upper Midwest health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, operating numerous critical access and rural hospitals. Comparable as a regional incumbent that Loring competes with for rural referral patterns.

Direct peers

• Manning Regional Healthcare Center: Critical access hospital in Manning, Iowa providing acute care, outpatient, and senior services to a small rural community. Closely comparable on scale, service breadth, and rural west-central Iowa geography.
• Iowa Specialty Hospital: Critical access-style community hospital operating across Belmond and Clarion, Iowa, with similar rural scale, multi-site structure, and broad service offering including surgical and OB. Directly comparable in size and rural Iowa market profile.
• Stewart Memorial Community Hospital: Small critical access hospital in Lake City, Iowa with a comparable bed count and service mix (emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation). One of the closest direct peers by size and rural Iowa geography.
• St. Anthony Regional Hospital: Nonprofit community hospital in Carroll, Iowa, serving a similar rural west-central Iowa catchment with comparable acute care, surgical, and outpatient services. Direct geographic and service-line comparable.
• Boone County Hospital: Critical access hospital in Boone, Iowa offering emergency, surgical, and outpatient services to a rural central Iowa catchment. Comparable bed count, mission, and rural delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Loring-Hospital/139787936049696

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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