Pioneer Medical Center
A critical access hospital in Big Timber, Montana, with an emergency department. CMS has not published an overall star rating for it. 11 clinicians list an affiliation with it in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file.
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Facility details
- CMS Certification Number271313
- LocationBig Timber, Montana
- TypeCritical Access Hospitals
- OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
- Emergency servicesYes
- Affiliated clinicians11 in 5 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 Pioneer Medical Center
- Kary Engle, PA-CPhysician AssistantMIPS 94
- Chelsey Clark, PA-C, RDN, CDCES,CLCPhysician Assistant
- Dustin Eck, DOFamily Medicine Physician
- Paul Hunt, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Jeffry Lindenbaum, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician
- Anna Mitchell, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Johnathan Righetti, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
- Stephen Roberts, D.O.Family Medicine Physician
- Ashley Russell, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner
- Sarah Stilwill, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician
- Sarah Walton, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner
Up to 30, those with a Medicare MIPS score first. Open a record for the full profile.
Other hospitals in Montana
- St. Patrick HospitalMissoula, MT5 of 5
- VA Montana Healthcare SystemFort Harrison, MT5 of 5
- Community Hospital OF AnacondaAnaconda, MT5 of 5
- Holy Rosary HospitalMiles City, MT5 of 5
- Billings ClinicBillings, MT4 of 5
- Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings, MT4 of 5
- Bozeman Health Deaconess HospitalBozeman, MT4 of 5
- Bitterroot Health - Daly HospitalHamilton, MT4 of 5
What this data shows
The profile above reads Pioneer Medical 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 11 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.
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.