Howard Memorial Hospital
Not yet verified
This hospital is searchable, but Kave has not completed a substantive review of its financial-assistance policy. Kave will not guess at eligibility rules.
Facility details
- Address
- 130 Medical Circle
Nashville, AR 71852 - Main telephone
- (870) 845-4400
- Facility type
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Ownership
- Voluntary non-profit - Private
- Emergency services
- Yes
- County
- Howard
CMS facility ID 041311. Facility details come from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset, released May 13, 2026. Kave does not import or display hospital quality star ratings.
Two ways to get the application
Kave has not yet reviewed this hospital’s financial-assistance policy, so it will not guess at the eligibility rules or link you to a page it has not checked. These are the two routes that work.
1. Call
Usually the fastest route. Ask for billing, patient accounts, or financial counselling.
Call (870) 845-4400Main hospital line, from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset.
2. Find the policy page
Kave has no confirmed URL for this hospital yet, so these run a search rather than sending you to a page it has not checked.
Opens a Google search in a new tab. Kave has not verified any result — check that the page you land on belongs to Howard Memorial Hospital.
What to say on the call
“Hello — I have a bill from Howard Memorial Hospital that I cannot afford. I would like to apply for financial assistance. Could you send me the financial-assistance application and the plain-language summary of the policy, and tell me what documents I need to include and what the deadline is?”
If they say there is no such program, ask for one of these by name — hospitals file the same document under all of them:
- Financial Assistance Policy (FAP)
- Plain Language Summary
- Charity Care Policy
- Patient Financial Services
Nonprofit hospitals are required to have a written policy and to make it available on request.
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General steps that apply almost everywhere
These are general practices, not this hospital’s confirmed rules. Confirm each one with the hospital.
- Ask for an itemised bill first. Billing errors and duplicate charges are common, and you cannot check a bill you have not seen line by line.
- Apply even if you have insurance. Many policies cover insured patients whose share of the bill is large relative to their income.
- Apply even if the bill is old. Hospitals commonly accept applications for months after the first bill, and some accept them after an account has gone to collections.
- Say in writing that you have applied. Collection activity often pauses while an application is pending — but only if the hospital knows about it. Keep a copy of what you sent and when.
- Ask whether the doctors are covered too. Anaesthesia, radiology, pathology, and emergency clinicians frequently bill separately and are not always covered by the hospital’s policy.
- Get help if you want it. Dollar For screens you against a specific hospital’s policy and helps file, at no cost.