Welcome to Bates County Memorial Hospital

Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) is an independent, non-profit health care system located in the heart of Bates County in Butler, Missouri. We are a 60-bed acute-care hospital with more than 300 members and four rural health clinics in Adrian, Butler and Rich Hill.  We offer a wide range of services including a 24-hour physician-staffed emergency department, inpatient and outpatient surgery.

Commitment to Excellence

With our caring physicians, dedicated employees and specialty services, we are committed to providing health care with state-of-the-art technology. We are proud to offer extensive outpatient specialty clinics, with a qualified and professional staff. More than 100 health care providers make up the allied health staff at BCMH and represent a broad cross-section of specialty care areas.

Since we opened our doors in 1960, we have been dedicated to our ultimate mission, to continuously improve the health of the people of our community. To us, that means developing relationships with our patients, offering state-of-the-art equipment, and advancing our services so our community has access to health care where they need it most – close to home.

BCMH is rated four out of five stars for Overall Quality by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS).