Castro County Healthcare

What Castro County Healthcare does

Castro County Healthcare operates as a public county hospital district headquartered at 310 W Halsell in Dimmitt, Texas, serving Castro County and surrounding areas of the Texas Panhandle. Founded in 1933, the organization runs a multi-facility integrated delivery system anchored by the Medical Center of Dimmitt, which provides primary care, specialty services, 24/7 emergency care, diagnostic imaging, clinical laboratory, and outpatient infusion services. The district extends its care continuum through three additional wholly-owned facilities: Country View Living (skilled nursing and assisted living), Welch Rehab (rehabilitation services), and Dimmitt Pharmacy (retail pharmacy), supplemented by EMS services covering the surrounding region.

The organization's service catalog covers the full arc of rural healthcare delivery, including swing bed (skilled nursing) services, behavioral health, chronic care management, annual Medicare wellness visits, pain management, pulmonary rehabilitation, respiratory therapy, and dermatology. Revenue is generated predominantly through fee-for-service patient care (primary, specialty, emergency, diagnostics, pharmacy, EMS, behavioral health) combined with recurring subscription-style revenue from swing bed/skilled nursing stays and chronic care management programs. Customer segments are predominantly local community residents, Medicare-eligible seniors, and emergency/acute care patients drawn from Castro County, with marketing and patient acquisition conducted via the district's website, an online patient portal, community news, and local provider referrals.

As a government hospital district, Castro County Healthcare is governed by a Board of Directors with departmental leadership, has no external parent company, no venture or private equity ownership, and no publicly traded equity. The organization maintains an active philanthropy and community engagement apparatus through Plains Medical Foundation, the PMF Auxiliary, and a Meals on Wheels program, and publishes a third-party price transparency file consistent with federal hospital price disclosure rules. There is no disclosed AI/ML capability, no proprietary technology platform, no app, no public API, and no integration partners beyond third-party patient portal and billing vendors.

Name

Castro County Healthcare

Legal name

Castro County Healthcare

Website

https://plainsmemorial.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Castro County Healthcare is a public county hospital district in Dimmitt, Texas, operating an integrated rural delivery system — acute hospital, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, pharmacy, and EMS — that serves Castro County and surrounding Texas Panhandle communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Community Healthcare

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transitional Care Units (TCU) (HLAFAFAF), Long-Term Care (LTC) & Skilled Nursing Facility Pharmacies (HLAFALAF), Medicare-Certified Skilled Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABACAA)

Keywords

• Rural healthcare services
• Hospital district
• Skilled nursing care
• Emergency medical services
• Primary care clinic

Headquarters

HQ city

Dimmitt

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Fee-for-service revenue from medical consultations, procedures, and treatments provided to patients across primary care, specialty services, and emergency care.
2. Swing Bed Services: Medicare-covered skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for patients requiring extended care following hospitalization.
3. Country View Living: Long-term care and skilled nursing facility revenue from residential healthcare services.
4. Pharmacy Services: Retail pharmacy revenue from Dimmitt Pharmacy serving the local community.
5. Diagnostic Services: Revenue from clinical laboratory, diagnostic imaging, respiratory therapy, and outpatient infusion services.
6. EMS Services: Emergency medical services and ambulance transportation for the region.
7. Behavioral Health Services: Mental health and behavioral healthcare services revenue.
8. Chronic Care Management: Ongoing care management programs for patients with chronic conditions, including annual Medicare wellness visits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Castro County Healthcare operates as a publicly governed hospital district delivering a continuum of healthcare services to residents of Castro County and surrounding Texas Panhandle communities. Services are delivered through the Medical Center of Dimmitt (acute and primary care), Country View Living (skilled nursing and long-term residential care), Welch Rehab (rehabilitation), and Dimmitt Pharmacy (retail pharmacy), supplemented by diagnostic imaging, laboratory, EMS, behavioral health, chronic care management, and outpatient infusion services.

Product overview

Castro County Healthcare operates as a hospital district with a multi-facility portfolio centered around the Medical Center of Dimmitt as its core acute care facility. The organization provides integrated healthcare through its primary medical center, assisted living (Country View Living), rehabilitation services (Welch Rehab), and pharmacy services (Dimmitt Pharmacy). Clinical services span swing bed/rehabilitation care, behavioral health, chronic care management, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, emergency/EMS, respiratory therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, pain management, outpatient infusions, and dermatology—all delivered through the hospital district's facilities to serve Castro County and surrounding communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Center of Dimmitt

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Quorum Health: Formerly public, now private operator focused on non-urban and small-town hospitals across the U.S. Highly relevant as a peer to rural community hospitals like Castro County, though larger in scale.
• LifePoint Health: Large Apollo-owned operator of community hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural facilities across non-urban America. Comparable rural community-hospital customer base and operating model, but at vastly greater scale and as a for-profit system.
• Baylor Scott & White Health: Largest nonprofit health system in Texas with significant rural and community-hospital reach. Represents the regional incumbent that rural districts like Castro County compete against for specialty referrals and physician talent.
• Ascension Health: Large nonprofit Catholic health system operating hospitals across multiple states including Texas. Comparable in mission-driven community-hospital positioning but at far greater scale and as part of a national network.

Direct peers

• Cogdell Memorial Hospital: Snyder, Texas-based rural hospital district providing acute care, specialty clinic, and ancillary services in a small West Texas community. Comparable rural hospital structure and service breadth.
• Moore County Hospital District: County hospital district serving Dumas in the Texas Panhandle, directly comparable as a fellow rural county hospital district with critical access-style operations and multi-facility acute/post-acute service mix.
• Lynn County Hospital District: Tahoka, Texas county hospital district operating a comparable rural hospital with clinic, emergency, and ancillary services for a low-population West Texas county. Same governance and operating model.
• Hardeman County Memorial Hospital: Critical access hospital in Quanah, Texas serving a similarly small rural county in North Texas, with comparable size, swing bed capability, and rural community-hospital mission.
• Hansford County Hospital District: Texas Panhandle rural hospital district located in Spearman, providing acute, emergency, and clinic services to a similarly small agricultural county. Highly comparable size, geography, and service model.
• Ochiltree General Hospital: Perryton, Texas-based rural hospital serving Ochiltree County in the Panhandle, with comparable critical access economics, swing bed services, and community-hospital positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cchddimmitt
• Facebookfacebook.com/CastroCountyHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cchdonline

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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