Great Plains Health, formerly known as Great Plains Regional Medical Center, in North Platte, Neb., is an acute-care facility.
Here are 10 things to know about Great Plains Health:
1. Mel McNea is the interim CEO for Great Plains Health after the resignation of CEO Greg Nielsen in April.
2. Krystal Claymore is the CFO of Great Plains Health.
3. Great Plains Health has 116 beds.
4. The hospital has 800 employees.
5. For the cost report period ending December 2011, Great Plains Health recorded $229 million in gross charges and a net income of $10 million, according to American Hospital Directory.
6. The hospital performs 4,500 surgeries and 650 births annually. It serves 150,000 total patients annually.
7. In 2013, Great Plains Health was named a Level 2 Bariatric Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.
8. Great Plains Health was established in 1975.
9. In 2012, Great Plains Health was awarded an "A" for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group.
10. In 2011, Great Plains Health was designated a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacements by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
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