Ringgold County Hospital
A critical access hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa, with an emergency department. CMS has not published an overall star rating for it. 30 clinicians list an affiliation with it in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file.
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Facility details
- CMS Certification Number161373
- LocationMount Ayr, Iowa
- TypeCritical Access Hospitals
- OwnershipGovernment - State
- Emergency servicesYes
- Affiliated clinicians30 in 15 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
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, clinicians by primary specialty.
Clinicians affiliated with Ringgold County Hospital
- Denise Coleman, ARNPFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 98
- Haroon Ferhut, M.D.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 98
- Melissa Friedrich, CRNACertified Registered Nurse AnesthetistMIPS 98
- Aaron GlennNurse PractitionerMIPS 98
- Chelsea Miller, ARNPFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 98
- Bruce Ricker, D.O.Family Medicine PhysicianMIPS 98
- Amanda Wilford, FNP-BCFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 98
- Benjamin Beecher, M.D.Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianMIPS 82
- Rodney Clark, ARNPFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 75
- Bella Birdashaw, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Patrick Chua, M.D.Nephrology Physician
- Kristen Collier, ARNPNurse Practitioner
- Rebecca Devine, DNP, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Michelle Fischer-Short, ARNP, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Kasandra Higdon, ARNP, FNP-BCPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Shehada Homedan, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
- Zeeshan Jawa, MDMedical Oncology Physician
- Timothy Kessinger-McCroskeyFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Erin Leonard, ARNPFamily Medicine Physician
- Sandy Marcus, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse
- Enrico Martin, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Lee-Anne Millas, APN, FNP-CPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Jennifer Moretina, M.D.Family Medicine Physician
- Ron SchaferMedical Physician Assistant
- Jean Schmitt, A.R.N.P.Nurse Practitioner
- Ryan Schulte, MDUrology Physician
- Jacqueline Stanzel, APRNPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Cole Strain, ARNP, FNP-BC, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Edwin Wehling, D.O.Surgery Physician
- Kathleen Willcox, D.O.Family Medicine Physician
Up to 30, those with a Medicare MIPS score first. Open a record for the full profile.
Other hospitals in Iowa
- Chi Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA5 of 5
- Iowa City VA Medical CenterIowa City, IA5 of 5
- Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And ClinicsWest Union, IA5 of 5
- Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA5 of 5
- Clarke County HospitalOsceola, IA5 of 5
- Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City, IA5 of 5
- Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic, IA5 of 5
- Trinity MuscatineMuscatine, IA4 of 5
What this data shows
The profile above reads Ringgold County Hospital 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 30 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)
A directory of public government data, not medical advice or a recommendation. A CMS rating here does not imply one. Ask your own physician and contact the hospital directly.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 19, 2026.