What is Long Term Acute Care?

LTAC hospitals meet a specific need in the healthcare continuum. They are defined in federal regulations at 42 CFR 412.33(e). To be a Medicare-certified LTAC hospital, Landmark Hospital is required to establish a Medicare average length of stay (ALOS) of 25 days or longer and meet CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation. Read More »

News at Landmark

Joplin Hospital helps Tornado Recovery Effort
September 29, 2011

Dr. Kapp interviewed for ModernHealthcare magazine
September 26, 2011

Landmark Joplin Tornado Update
May 24, 2011

Landmark of Columbia Submits Application to The Joint Commission
March 1, 2011

About Us

Landmark HospitalLandmark Holdings of Missouri, LLC. owns and operates Long Term Acute Care Hospitals with four facilities currently in operation. The first Landmark Hospital opened in February 2006, and is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Landmark Hospital of Cape Girardeau is a joint venture between Landmark Holdings of Missouri, LLC and Saint Francis Health Development Services, Inc. It is a freestanding 30-bed, single-story, facility with all private rooms, and is designed to be easily expanded to 42 private rooms. Landmark Hospital of Cape Girardeau received Medicare certification on March 16, 2006.

Landmark Holdings opened its second facility in Joplin, Missouri on May 21, 2007 and received Medicare certification on May 30, 2007. Landmark Hospital of Joplin is a joint venture with Freeman Health System, St. John'­s Regional Medical Center and four local Joplin physicians. The Joplin facility is licensed for 30 beds, and designed to expand to 42 beds as the need for long term acute care services grows.

Construction was completed in Athens, Georgia on the 42-bed Landmark Hospital of Athens, LLC in June 2008. The facility passed state inspection on July 14th, admitted its first patient on July 15th, and passed its Medicare survey on July 21, 2008.

The fourth Landmark Hospital was opened in Columbia, Missouri in September 2009. The facility passed state inspection on September 17 and admitted its first patient on September 22. The Medicare certification is pending survey.

Landmark Hospitals leases hospital buildings from White Oaks Real Estate Development, LLC, at fair market value rent per hospital bed, as determined by Marshall Stevens, a St. Louis-based healthcare facilities valuation company.

Landmark Holdings is owned by Dr. Bill Kapp and Mr. Mike Norman. Dr. Kapp is a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Cape Girardeau, MO. Mr. Norman is a hospital administrator with over twenty-five years'­ experience, the last ten years in the LTAC hospital industry.