CCN 010001HOUSTON CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)306 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY24, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Dothan, AL. It ran an operating loss of 5.9% in FY25 on $532.0M of operating revenue. It held 58 days of cash on hand (62nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -1.3% in FY20 to -5.9% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 5.3%.
Operating margin · FY25
-5.9%
▼ 6.6 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals29th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
58d
all sources
▼ 3.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals62nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$532.0M
▲ 40.8 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals72nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+5.3%
▼ 2.8 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals46th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER is about $5.3M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban PPS hospital in the national distribution for this provider type, placed by operating margin. Facilities are not matched on size, case mix, or market — that is the matched-peer comparison in the paid benchmark. The Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalSOUTHEAST HEALTHUrban PPS hospital median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospital is doing. Statements tell you what kind of organization it is, and where the money comes from. Every figure below traces to a public cost-report filing, shown as filed. A ratio renders only when every input is reported in the filing; a year missing its core lines is not shown; a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
435,667
491,187
531,039
Other operating revenue
—
—
913
Total operating revenue
435,667
491,187
531,953
Total operating expenses
449,979
487,416
563,216
Operating income
(14,312)
3,771
(31,264)
Operating margin %
-3.3%
+0.8%
-5.9%
Grants & contributions
16,783
5,830
8,801
Investment income
6,168
7,436
12,485
Other non-operating, net
15,343
26,349
41,657
Net income
23,982
43,386
31,679
Net income %
+5.1%
+8.2%
+5.3%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY20, FY21, FY22 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 306-bed hospital at 82% occupancy 51% of patient revenue is outpatient.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
81.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
251.16
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
306
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
21,144
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
51.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,281
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$19.8M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.459
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.1%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.99
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.952032
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
HOUSTON County, AL · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$57.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
18.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
11.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
24.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 26.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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