North Valley Hospital FAQs

General Information About North Valley Hospital

• Private, nonprofit Critical Access Hospital
• Became an affiliate of Kalispell Regional Healthcare on May 1, 2016
• Volunteer Board of Directors
• One of the largest employers in Flathead Valley
• Employs more than 400 people (2016)
• Became a Planetree affiliate in 2002
• Approximately 176 active, courtesy and consulting physicians
• Outreach clinics located in Whitefish, Columbia Falls and Eureka, Montana; seasonal clinics in West Glacier and on Big Mountain in Whitefish
• NVH Foundation led by volunteer Board of Directors

Facility Facts

• 45-acre medical campus
• New hospital opened its doors in March 2007
• 82,353 square feet
• The prior facility was 36 years old at the time the current facility was built
• Medical Office Village located on the south side of the campus
• Patient Rooms: 25 total
  • 14 Medical/Surgical/Pediatric Unit: six private, eight semiprivate rooms
  • Four Special Care Unit rooms
  • Seven postpartum rooms
• Operating Rooms: four
• Emergency Room bays: eight
• Helipad located on west side of the hospital
• Entrances off of Highway 40 and Highway 93
• Parking located at north and south entrances

Other Facts

• Community Trauma Center
• 24/7 emergency, lab and imaging
• First to acquire da Vinci robot in the Flathead Valley (January 2009)
• Serviced by EMS from Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Eureka, Glacier and Big Mountain