235 8th Avenue West, Cresco, IA, 52136 · (563) 547-2101
Beds
18
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$44.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$5.9M
Patient care margin -17.1%
Discharges
240
Occupancy 22.3%
Clinicians
86
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $44.5M | $52.1M | -17.1% | $5.9M | 240 | $641K | 61.4% | 0.2% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 12.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.1% | US median 21.3% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $40.0M | $47.4M | -18.6% | $3.1M | 243 | $1.1M | 61.9% | 0.4% |
| 2023 | $36.8M | $45.9M | -24.7% | $2.0M | 286 | $941K | 59.3% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | $35.5M | $39.9M | -12.3% | $6.4M | 394 | $900K | 54.8% | 0.6% |
| 2021 | $30.6M | $32.4M | -6.0% | $5.9M | 344 | $613K | 69.7% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | $24.8M | $27.2M | -9.9% | $977K | 226 | $582K | 63.5% | 6.2% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 76% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 72% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 82% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 91 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 18% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 91% | US median 79% |
Regional Health Services of Howard County is a government-owned critical access hospital in Cresco, IA with 18 beds, part of Avera Health and a 4-star overall rating.
Regional Health Services of Howard County in Cresco, IA has 18 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 240 inpatients that year, with 22.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Regional Health Services of Howard County reported net patient revenue of $44.5M and operating expenses of $52.1M, a margin on patient care of -17.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $5.9M (9.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Regional Health Services of Howard County is part of Avera Health, a health system with 36 hospitals based in Sioux Falls, SD. It is a government-owned hospital.
Regional Health Services of Howard County has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.
Yes, Regional Health Services of Howard County provides emergency services.
86 Medicare clinicians list Regional Health Services of Howard County as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Diagnostic Radiology, Nurse Practitioner.