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Pinnacle Hospital

Crown Point, Lake County, IN · CCN 150166
Licensed to Pinnacle Healthcare Llc

Composite
57.0
rank score
Distress
76
FY2023
Fit
57
vs thesis
Estimated ticket
$6.3M–$25.2M
18 beds · within envelope
Ownership
for-profit
STH

Why it ranks here

  • operating margin negative
  • total margin -8% to -3%
  • 30-60 days cash on hand
  • current liabilities exceed current assets
  • liabilities exceed assets
  • occupancy below 30%
  • margin deteriorating sharply
  • urban — higher occupancy and iteration surface
  • very small facility
  • very small ticket — sub-scale as a platform asset
  • very low occupancy — limited volume to learn from
  • for-profit — no charitable conversion review

Latest financials · FY2023

Net patient revenue$51.3M
Operating margin -4.8%
Total margin -5.6%
Days cash on hand 39
Current ratio 0.87
Occupancy28%

Facility

Beds18
Facility typeSTH
Settingurban
Ownership classfor-profit
Per-bed (low) $350K
Per-bed (high) $1.4M

Financial history

FYBedsNet patient rev Net incomeOp margin Total marginDays cash Current ratioOccupancy DischargesDistress
2020 18 $49.2M $2.1M 4.4% 4.3% 53 1.36 31% 606 30
2021 18 $54.7M $7.4M 3.9% 12.2% 53 1.62 29% 630 33
2022 18 $57.3M $1.4M 1.9% 2.3% 29 1.18 27% 658 52
2023 18 $51.3M $-2.9M -4.8% -5.6% 39 0.87 28% 658 76

Owners

OwnerRole%SinceType
Arshad Malik corporate officer 2015-02
Brent Jacobus 5% or greater direct ownership interest 2007-04
Brent Jacobus other 2015-02
Brett Brechner corporate officer 2015-02
David Bleza corporate officer 2015-01
Eric Leestma 5% or greater direct ownership interest 2007-04
Eric Leestma general partnership interest 2017-01
Eric Leestma corporate director 2015-02
Haroon Ansari corporate officer 2010-05
Haroon Ansari w-2 managing employee 2015-03
Lonnie Ailes 5% or greater direct ownership interest 2007-04
Lonnie Ailes general partnership interest 2017-01
Lonnie Ailes corporate officer 2015-02
Pinnacle Healthcare Llc
Merrillville, IN
5% or greater direct ownership interest 2007-04
Ramesh Kanuru 5% or greater direct ownership interest 2007-04
Ramesh Kanuru corporate officer 2015-02
Ramesh Unni general partnership interest 2017-01
William Pierce 5% or greater direct ownership interest 2017-01
William Pierce general partnership interest 2017-01
William Pierce corporate officer 2015-02

Ownership changes

No CMS ownership change on record since 2016 — this hospital has not traded in at least a decade.

Who has been buying in IN

Completed CMS ownership changes in this state. These buyers already cleared the licensure process here — and whoever advised them knows this market.

DateBuyerSellerHospitalBeds
2025-12-28 Indiana University Health Inc Indiana University Health North... Indiana University Health 1,274
2025-12-13 Union Hospital Inc Terre Haute Regional Hospital Lp Union Hospital Inc. 260
2025-07-01 Parkview Logansport Hospital Inc Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital Logansport 37
2024-03-01 Franciscan Health Michigan City Franciscan Beacon Hospital, Llc Franciscan Health Michigan City 133
2020-11-01 St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc Dearborn County Hospital St Elizabeth Dearborn 50
2019-07-16 Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Inc Fayette Memorial Hospital Association Inc Reid Hospital & Health Care Services 183