CCN 010019COLBERT CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)160 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 FY21, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Days cash on hand is FY24, the most recent year that passed the display gate. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Sheffield, AL. It ran an operating loss of 9.7% in FY25 on $117.8M of operating revenue. It held 9 days of cash on hand in FY24, its most recent reported liquidity (41st percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -5.7% in FY20 to -9.7% in FY25. These figures come from filings spanning FY21–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY25
-9.7%
▼ 0.6 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals22nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY24
9d
all sources
▼ 8.2 days vs FY23
vs Urban PPS hospitals41st pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$117.8M
▲ 4.3 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals24th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-7.6%
▼ 0.6 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals11th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL is about $1.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL 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 hospitalHELEN KELLERUrban 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
93,653
99,553
103,494
Other operating revenue
13,964
13,935
14,327
Total operating revenue
107,617
113,488
117,821
Total operating expenses
118,542
123,815
129,192
Operating income
(10,925)
(10,327)
(11,371)
Operating margin %
-10.2%
-9.1%
-9.7%
Grants & contributions
227
74
470
Investment income
933
674
140
Other non-operating, net
3,375
1,457
1,595
Net income
(6,390)
(8,122)
(9,166)
Net income %
-5.7%
-7.0%
-7.6%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY23, FY24, FY25 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 160-bed hospital at 39% occupancy 68% 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
38.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
62.48
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
160
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
6,897
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
67.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
694.30
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
21.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$6.5M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.603
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
16%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.1
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.928615
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
FY25 days cash suppressed: out of display range.
The county this hospital serves
COLBERT County, AL · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$56.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
16.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 29.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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