Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Lucas County Health Center

A critical access hospital in Chariton, Iowa, with an emergency department. CMS has not published an overall star rating for it. 32 clinicians list an affiliation with it in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file.

CMS Hospital General Information, downloaded May 19, 2026; CMS Doctors and Clinicians file · method · Hospital data on CMS.gov →

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Facility details

  • CMS Certification Number161341
  • LocationChariton, Iowa
  • TypeCritical Access Hospitals
  • OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Other
  • Emergency servicesYes
  • Affiliated clinicians32 in 14 specialties

This page uses 5,432 CMS Hospital Care Compare records, with NPPES affiliation context where available. Every figure is traceable in the methodology.

Family Nurse Practitioner is the largest affiliated group

  1. Family Nurse Practitioner8
  2. Nurse Practitioner5
  3. Family Medicine Physician5
  4. Physician Assistant4
  5. Advanced Practice Midwife1
  6. Primary Care Nurse Practitioner1
  7. Medical Physician Assistant1
  8. Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1
  9. Urology Physician1
  10. Surgery Physician1

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, clinicians by primary specialty.

Clinicians affiliated with Lucas County Health Center

  1. Greg Cohen, D.O.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 98
  2. Darci FullerNurse PractitionerMIPS 98
  3. Phillip Hurd, FNPFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 98
  4. Jessica Ogden, ARNPPrimary Care Nurse PractitionerMIPS 98
  5. Peter Hoftiezer, D.O.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 93
  6. Dale Lensing, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology PhysicianMIPS 82
  7. Philip Sundquist, M.D.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 82
  8. Lindsey Aeschliman, ARNPNurse Practitioner
  9. Kenneth Anderson, D.O.Family Medicine Physician
  10. Christine ButtellPhysician Assistant
  11. Michelle Fischer-Short, ARNP, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner
  12. Casey Fitz, ARNPNurse Practitioner
  13. Miranda Gebhart, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner
  14. Abigail Hamilton, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner
  15. Casey Joe, MDSurgery Physician
  16. Zachary Johnson, MDFamily Medicine Physician
  17. Thomas Klein, D.O.Anesthesiology Physician
  18. Allison Krutsinger, PACPhysician Assistant
  19. Gregory Larsen, M.D.Urology Physician
  20. Kelli Larson, APRNNurse Practitioner
  21. Katrina Lock, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner
  22. Giselle Mery, M.D.Medical Oncology Physician
  23. Eric Muhm, D.P.M.Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  24. Christopher Osier, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant
  25. Amy Poncelow, PA-CPhysician Assistant
  26. Matthew Schulte, PA-CPhysician Assistant
  27. Sharon Squibb, CNMAdvanced Practice Midwife
  28. Cameron Storm, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner
  29. Cole Strain, ARNP, FNP-BC, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner
  30. Kayla Wallace, NP-C, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner

Up to 30, those with a Medicare MIPS score first. Open a record for the full profile.

Other hospitals in Iowa

  1. Chi Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA5 of 5
  2. Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA5 of 5
  3. Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And ClinicsWest Union, IA5 of 5
  4. Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA5 of 5
  5. Clarke County HospitalOsceola, IA5 of 5
  6. Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA5 of 5
  7. Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA5 of 5
  8. Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA4 of 5

What this data shows

The profile above reads Lucas County Health Center entirely through federal records, so it is worth knowing what each figure can and cannot tell you. The CMS Hospital Overall Rating is not published for every facility is a composite that blends mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, and timely and effective care measures into a single number, which means two hospitals with the same star count can differ sharply on the measures a particular patient cares about most, such as surgical complication rates or how a unit handles a specific condition. The ownership type, facility category, and emergency services flag describe the operating model rather than the quality of any single department, and the 32 affiliated clinicians listed are providers who report a Medicare billing relationship with this CCN, not a guarantee that a given doctor practices here today. For care decisions, treat these numbers as a starting map, then confirm specifics with the facility, your insurer, and your own physician. See CMS Care Compare for measure-level detail and the methodology behind the star rating at CMS, and verify any individual clinician through the CMS NPI Registry.

Data sources

  • CMS Hospital General Information: identity, type, ownership, rating, emergency services, downloaded May 19, 2026 (data.cms.gov)
  • CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File: clinician affiliations (data.cms.gov)
  • CMS NPI Registry (NPPES): clinician identity (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
  • CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS): clinician quality scores (data.cms.gov)

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Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 19, 2026.