Sakakawea Medical Center

What Sakakawea Medical Center does

Sakakawea Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit rural healthcare system headquartered in Hazen, North Dakota, founded in 1947 and governed by the volunteer board of the Hazen Memorial Hospital Association. It operates a 13-bed critical access hospital and a 34-bed licensed basic care facility (Senior Suites), delivering a comprehensive service mix that includes emergency, urgent care, inpatient, hospice, infusion, laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, surgical services, and senior living. The center serves residents of Dunn, Mercer, and Oliver counties, a rural North Dakota catchment where it functions as the primary critical access provider.

The technology stack is conventional healthcare IT rather than AI-enabled: a MyChart patient portal, electronic medical records, and a recently introduced InstyMeds automated dispensing machine that provides 24/7 access to one-time prescriptions. Care delivery is augmented by visiting specialists (orthopedics, psychology, podiatry, cardiology, audiology, OB/GYN) hosted through partner sites, and the center maintains a nursing education pipeline via Bismarck State College.

Revenue is generated through healthcare service delivery billed to insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay. As a not-for-profit, any operating surplus is reinvested into community healthcare and education rather than distributed. Go-to-market is community-led, with patient feedback loops, local social media presence, and outreach through Coal Country Community Health Center partnership channels. No revenue figure is publicly disclosed in the available data.

Name

Sakakawea Medical Center

Legal name

Sakakawea Medical Center

Website

https://smcnd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sakakawea Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit rural healthcare system operating a 13-bed critical access hospital and 34-bed Senior Suites facility, serving residents of Dunn, Mercer, and Oliver counties in North Dakota.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Healthcare / Critical Access Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Rural healthcare services
• Critical access hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Hospice care
• Senior living facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Hazen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from providing healthcare services including emergency care, inpatient care, hospice, rehabilitation, laboratory, radiology, surgical services, and urgent care. Community-owned not-for-profit organization where any surplus is reinvested into the community for local healthcare and education.
2. Hospice Care Services: Hospice program providing care and support for patients and families coping with terminal illness

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sakakawea Medical Center operates a 13-bed critical access hospital and an attached 34-bed licensed basic care facility (Senior Suites) delivering comprehensive rural healthcare services including 24/7 emergency care, urgent care, inpatient care, hospice, infusion therapy, laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, and surgical services. The center serves residents of Dunn, Mercer, and Oliver counties in North Dakota, supported by an InstyMeds dispensing machine for 24/7 prescription access, a MyChart patient portal, and an integrated partnership with Coal Country Community Health Center for visiting specialists.

Product overview

Sakakawea Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit rural healthcare system consisting of a 13-bed critical access hospital and a 34-bed licensed basic care facility (Senior Suites). The center provides comprehensive healthcare services including emergency care, urgent care, inpatient care, hospice, infusion therapy, laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, and surgical services. The facility offers 24/7 prescription access through an InstyMeds dispensing machine and maintains a collaboration with Coal Country Community Health Center for expanded specialist services. Medical staff include primary care providers, visiting specialists across multiple disciplines (orthopedics, psychology, podiatry, cardiology, audiology, OB/GYN), and a nursing education partnership with Bismarck State College.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Department
• Urgent Care

Quantifiable outcome

• Critical Access Top 100 Hospital 2026 recognition

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• Rural Physicians Group (RPG)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Major rural healthcare partnership announced to enhance healthcare services in the rural community. Partnership aimed at keeping care close to home.
• Home InsteadminorOthers · 21 October 2025Home Instead donated $10,000 to support SMC Hospice program, demonstrating community partnership and support for end-of-life care services.
• Coal Country Community Health CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovative and award-winning partnership providing integrated healthcare services. Many SMC providers are actually CCCHC staff, working together for Urgent Care coverage and improved care coordination. The unique relationship is described as 'Working Together for the Health of Our Communities'.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sanford Health: Large regional health system headquartered in the Dakotas with a significant critical access hospital footprint across North Dakota. Comparable as an incumbent operator of rural community hospitals, though much larger and broader in scope than SMC.
• Trinity Health: Large non-profit Catholic health system operating rural and community hospitals across the United States. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping mission-driven, community-based rural hospital operations.
• Avera Health: Regional health system serving rural and small communities across the upper Midwest, including critical access hospitals in the Dakotas. Comparable as a rural-focused broad incumbent, though operating at substantially greater scale.
• CommonSpirit Health: One of the largest U.S. non-profit health systems with a significant rural hospital portfolio, including Catholic Health Initiatives legacy facilities in the upper Midwest. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating community hospitals in rural markets.

Regional players

• Altru Health System: Regional non-profit health system based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, providing primary, specialty, and hospital services across northeastern North Dakota. Comparable as a regional system competing for the same rural North Dakota patient base, though operating at a meaningfully larger scale.

Direct peers

• Jamestown Regional Medical Center: Community-owned hospital serving a rural North Dakota community with a comparable service mix including emergency, inpatient, surgical, and outpatient care. Comparable in non-profit community ownership model and rural geography.
• Heart of America Medical Center: Critical access hospital in Rugby, North Dakota, providing comparable inpatient, emergency, surgical, and long-term care services to a rural North Dakota community. Closely comparable in facility type, bed scale, and service mix.
• West River Health Services: Critical access hospital system based in Hettinger, North Dakota, serving a similar rural western North Dakota catchment with comparable emergency, inpatient, and clinic service offerings.
• St. Andrew's Health Center: Critical access hospital in Bottineau, North Dakota, operating a small-bed rural facility with comparable inpatient, emergency, and outpatient service lines. Highly comparable in scale, regulatory designation, and rural community-owned model.
• Coal Country Community Health Center: Federally qualified health center serving the same Dunn, Mercer, and Oliver county catchment in rural North Dakota. It is the most direct peer because it shares SMC's primary care, urgent care, and visiting specialist functions and operates through an integrated staffing partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sakakaweamc
• Facebookfacebook.com/smcnd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smcnd
• Instagraminstagram.com/sakakaweamedicalcenter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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