Sabetha Community Hospital

What Sabetha Community Hospital does

Sabetha Community Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located in Sabetha, Kansas, serving the rural communities of Northeastern Kansas and Southeastern Nebraska. The hospital operates around the clock as a Level IV Trauma Center, providing acute care, obstetrics (delivery services scheduled for discontinuation in June 2026), skilled swing-bed care, home health, hospice, and a broad range of outpatient services including radiology, laboratory, infusion, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, physical/occupational/speech therapy, diabetes education, wound care, and corporate wellness. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sabetha Family Practice, functions as a CMS-designated Rural Health Clinic and has delivered primary care since 1981, while Nemaha County Home Health & Hospice extends services into patient homes with 135+ years of combined staff experience.

The underlying technology stack is largely vendor-mediated. The Cerner patient portal provides online access to medical records, visit notes, and lab results via CernerHealth.com authentication; Ambra PACS handles medical imaging; FastHealth powers the website, digital infrastructure, and the FastHealth.AI research/dictionary tools; Heartland Payment Services handles online bill payment; Relias Learning manages staff training; and Microsoft Outlook supports employee email. No proprietary software, machine-learning models, or data assets were disclosed, and the hospital's AI exposure is limited to a third-party consumer health research tool. The FastHealth platform is the unifying digital layer across the patient experience.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across fee-for-service acute care, swing-bed and skilled care, outpatient per-visit and per-procedure billing, home health and hospice (predominantly Medicare/Medicaid reimbursed), and unit-priced corporate wellness services for local employers. Reimbursement flows through Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payors under CAH cost-based and Rural Health Clinic methodologies. The go-to-market is a sales-led, community-anchored model combining the on-campus hospital, the rural health clinic, a satellite rehabilitation department, traveling specialty clinics from Topeka and Hiawatha, and a home health/hospice office. Customer segments include rural residents, Medicare beneficiaries, families seeking continuity primary care, and employer groups purchasing workplace testing.

Name

Sabetha Community Hospital

Legal name

Sabetha Community Hospital

Website

https://sabethahospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sabetha Community Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital and Level IV Trauma Center in Sabetha, Kansas, providing acute care, swing bed, home health, hospice, and outpatient services to rural communities in Northeastern Kansas and Southeastern Nebraska, with wholly-owned Sabetha Family Practice as its primary care arm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Critical Access Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chronic Care & Complex Care Management (HSABAIAD), Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM)

Keywords

• Critical access hospital
• Rural healthcare services
• Primary care clinic
• Acute inpatient care
• Outpatient rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Sabetha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Acute Care Services: Inpatient hospital care including 24/7 acute care, obstetrics, and skilled swing bed services. Billed per episode of care with reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance.
2. Outpatient Services: Rehabilitation services (physical, occupational, speech, respiratory therapy), laboratory, radiology, infusion clinic, and specialty clinics. Billed per visit or procedure.
3. Home Health & Hospice: Home-based healthcare services and end-of-life care provided in patients' homes. Reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid for eligible patients.
4. Corporate Wellness: Pre-employment strength and fitness assessments, drug screening, DOT testing, and hearing baseline screening for employers. Billed per test or as part of corporate wellness programs.
5. Rural Health Clinic Services: Primary care services through Sabetha Family Practice, including obstetrics, newborns, and elderly care. Billed under Medicare/Medicaid rural health clinic reimbursement methodology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sabetha Community Hospital is a nonprofit Critical Access Hospital that delivers acute inpatient care, 24/7 emergency care, swing-bed skilled nursing, primary care, and a full range of outpatient services (including rehabilitation, radiology, laboratory, cardiac rehab, diabetes education, infusion, wound care, home health, and hospice) to residents of Northeastern Kansas and Southeastern Nebraska. It also operates a corporate wellness program and Medicare annual wellness examinations, with a financial assistance program available to qualifying uninsured and underinsured patients.

Product overview

Sabetha Community Hospital operates as a 25-bed critical access hospital providing acute care, skilled care, home health, swing bed, hospice, and outpatient services. The hospital serves as a Level IV Trauma Center and offers specialized outpatient clinics across multiple disciplines. The facility maintains a Rural Health Clinic (Sabetha Family Practice) for primary care, a Rehabilitation Department offering physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy, and various specialty services including Cardiac Rehabilitation, Diabetes Education, Wound Clinic, and Corporate Wellness programs. Outpatient specialty physicians from Topeka provide consultations in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, urology, and other specialties through scheduled clinic visits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sabetha Family Practice: Rural Health Clinic providing primary care services for the entire family, from obstetrics and newborns to elderly care services.

Products and services

• Hospital Services Acute inpatient care, 24/7 emergency department coverage, and swing-bed skilled nursing care delivered at the Sabetha, Kansas campus for residents of the surrounding rural service area.
• Sabetha Family Practice Outpatient primary care clinic providing routine, preventive, and chronic disease management visits for individuals and families in the Sabetha service area.
• Rehabilitation Department Physical, occupational, and speech therapy services (including specialized LSVT BIG & LOUD for Parkinson's, Dry Needling, Graston Technique, and Aquatic Therapy) for patients recovering from injury, surgery, or neurological conditions.
• Radiology Department Diagnostic imaging services using digital radiology and other imaging modalities to support diagnosis and treatment for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency patients.
• Laboratory Services Clinical laboratory testing services supporting inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and primary care diagnostics across the hospital and family practice.
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Supervised cardiac rehabilitation program for patients recovering from cardiac events or managing chronic cardiovascular conditions.
• Diabetes Education Outpatient diabetes self-management education and counseling for patients diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes.
• Swing Bed Skilled Care Skilled nursing and rehabilitation bed-based care for post-acute patients transitioning from acute hospitalization toward home discharge.
• Wound Clinic Outpatient wound care clinic providing specialized evaluation and treatment for chronic, non-healing, and complex wounds.
• Infusion Clinic Outpatient infusion therapy services delivering IV medications and biologics locally for patients who do not require a hospital admission.
• Home Health & Hospice Home Health and Hospice services delivering skilled nursing, therapy, and end-of-life care to patients in their own homes throughout the service area.
• Corporate Wellness Workforce wellness and preventive health services (including health screenings) provided on a per-employee or contracted basis to local employers and their staff.
• Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Annual preventive wellness examination covered by Medicare for eligible beneficiaries, focused on health risk assessment and personalized prevention planning.
• Welcome to Medicare Visit One-time preventive visit for new Medicare beneficiaries that includes a review of medical and social history, health risk assessment, and personalized prevention plan.
• Financial Assistance Program Hospital financial assistance program providing discounted or charity care to qualifying uninsured and underinsured patients receiving services at the hospital.
• OrthoMidwest (Partner-Hosted Orthopedic Specialty Clinic) Partner-hosted orthopedic specialty clinic delivered on the Sabetha Community Hospital campus, providing local access to orthopedic specialty consultations and procedures.

Quantifiable outcome

• $6-$8 return for every $1 spent on Corporate Wellness testing
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stormont Vail HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStormont Vail Health provides oncology services through Robin McKay, DNP, APRN, AOCNP at the Cotton O'Neil Cancer Center. Dr. Jamesina M. Dickson, OB/GYN practices at Stormont Vail in Topeka. Dr. Levi Grimm worked at Stormont Vail before joining Sabetha. Partnership for complicated case transfers and OB pathway deliveries.
• DaVita DialysiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDaVita Dialysis partnership provides dialysis services at the hospital, allowing patients to receive kidney disease treatment locally without traveling to tertiary centers.
• Nemaha County Home Health & HospicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital-affiliated home health and hospice services providing in-home healthcare and end-of-life care. Nemaha County Home Health & Hospice operates from hospital-owned facilities with combined 135+ years of professional experience among staff.
• Cotton O'Neil CliniccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCotton O'Neil provides multiple specialty physicians to Sabetha including cardiology, nephrology, and allergy services. Multiple providers listed: Bashar Amr MD, Kevin Bernd DO, Swapna Mamidipally MD (cardiology); Keelyn Ericson MD, Lakshmi Duvvur MD, Haley Wingerson APRN (nephrology); Bilal Khan MD (allergy).
• University of Kansas Medical Center/PhysicianscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Kansas Physicians provide specialty services including Kevin Nasseri MD (urology). Many staff physicians trained at KU Medical Center including Brian Voos MPT, Kelli Ulrich DPT, Jena Halls DPT. Working relationship maintained for complicated case transfers.
• University of Kansas Hospital, St. Francis CampusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOB Pathway partner for deliveries. One of three facility options for expectant mothers to choose for delivery under the Shared Care OB Pathway program.
• Mosaic Life CareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOB Pathway partner for deliveries in St. Joseph, Missouri. One of three facility options for expectant mothers to choose for delivery under the Shared Care OB Pathway program.
• OrthoMidwestcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrthoMidwest provides orthopedic services through Dr. Adam Streit DO and Maria VanDyke PA-C. Dr. Streit practices in three area locations including Sabetha Community Hospital, Community Medical Center in Falls City, NE, and Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, NE.
• Tallgrass Balance, Hearing, & Physical Therapy LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGary McKnight AuD (The Dizzy Doctor) provides dizziness and balance services at this affiliated facility location with office at 785-228-6100.
• Topeka ENTminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJason Lepse MD provides Ear, Nose and Throat services through Topeka ENT clinic at Sabetha.
• RESTORe SpeechminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMandy Graham MA CCC-SLP provides speech therapy services, working with Sabetha Community Hospital's speech language pathology department.
• Nemaha County Community HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for breastfeeding support services. Nemaha County Community Health provides comprehensive breastfeeding support for families in partnership with SCH obstetrical services.
• Breastfeeding ServicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReferral partnership for breastfeeding support. SCH partners with Nemaha County Community Health to offer comprehensive breastfeeding support for families right in the community.
• FastHealth CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationFastHealth provides the hospital's website platform, patient portal technology (Cerner Health), health research center tools, and artificial intelligence applications. Website hosting, patient portal, and digital services all provided through FastHealth infrastructure.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mosaic Life Care: Regional health system based in St. Joseph, Missouri, named as one of three delivery destinations in SCH's Shared Care OB Pathway. Comparable as a regional referral partner for an adjacent rural catchment and partial overlap in orthopedic and primary care reach.
• University of Kansas Health System: Academic medical center and major Kansas health system operating the University of Kansas Hospital, St. Francis Campus (named OB pathway partner for SCH). Functions as a tertiary referral destination and occasional visiting-specialty source; comparable to SCH only as an employer/operator of rural-reach services in Kansas.
• Stormont Vail Health: Large regional health system headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, and SCH's primary tertiary-affiliation partner. While not a direct competitor for primary care, Stormont Vail provides oncology, OB/GYN, and related specialty outreach at SCH and serves as a comparable large regional provider anchored in the same geography.

Regional players

• Great Plains Health: Regional referral hospital in North Platte, Nebraska, comparable to SCH as a rural-anchored community provider in Nebraska that draws from a broad geographic catchment. Useful peer for benchmarking rural Nebraska reimbursement, outreach, and service line economics.
• Salina Regional Health Center: Mid-size community-owned health system serving north-central Kansas. While not a direct competitor to SCH (different geography), it is a representative peer for community-owned Kansas hospitals of similar service breadth (acute, outpatient, specialty outreach) and could be considered a regional analog in scale and ownership structure.

Direct peers

• Hiawatha Community Hospital: Critical access hospital located in Hiawatha, Kansas, only a short distance from Sabetha in the same Northeast Kansas region. Operates a similar size and service mix (acute, outpatient, ER) for a comparable rural population and serves as a direct competitor and occasional referral alternative for primary and specialty care.
• Community Medical Center: Critical access hospital in Falls City, Nebraska, another named partner location for OrthoMidwest and a directly comparable rural facility serving the same Southeastern Nebraska portion of SCH's catchment. Direct competitor for inpatient, outpatient, and specialty referrals.
• Citizens Health (Citizens Medical Center): Rural community hospital in Colby, Kansas, similar in scale, ownership (community non-profit), and service mix to Sabetha, including primary care, outpatient specialty, and rehabilitation. Functions as a comparable peer for benchmarking small-Kansas rural hospital operations and service line economics.
• Nemaha County Hospital: Critical access hospital in Auburn, Nebraska, across the state line in SCH's Southeastern Nebraska service area. Comparable in scale and service portfolio, and is explicitly named as a partner location where OrthoMidwest physicians practice, making it the closest geographic and operational peer for Sabetha.

Others

• DaVita Kidney Care: National dialysis provider that operates an in-hospital dialysis unit at SCH under partnership. Included as a peer because, while not a competitor, DaVita represents the kind of third-party service partner SCH relies on to deliver specialty care locally - a critical adjacency for understanding the partnership-based operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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