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Urban PPS hospital · Ashland, AL

CLAY COUNTY HOSPITAL

CCN 010073CLAY CountyGovernment - Hospital District or Authority42 bedsLatest FY 2025
Historical record. CMS lists this CCN as terminated (other - provider status change). The facility continued under CCN 010782see the current profile. The financials below are the historical results reported under this number and are excluded from current peer comparisons and state counts.
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Ashland, AL. It ran an operating loss of 12.1% in FY25 on $18.9M of operating revenue. It held 7 days of cash on hand. Operating margin declined from -9.2% in FY20 to -12.1% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
-12.1%
2.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals
Days cash on hand · FY25
7d
all sources
2.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals
Total operating revenue · FY25
$18.9M
0.6 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-1.8%
1.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals
One point of operating margin at CLAY COUNTY HOSPITAL is about $189K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where CLAY COUNTY 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%CLAY COUNTY -12.101756127438039%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%CLAY COUNTY -12.101756127438039%
One urban pps hospitalCLAY COUNTYUrban 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.

Operating margin
-12.1% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-1.8% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
7d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
0.63× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
52% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
35d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue17,61919,42518,802
Other operating revenue122140137
Total operating revenue17,74119,56518,939
Total operating expenses21,45921,48121,231
Operating income(3,719)(1,916)(2,292)
Operating margin %-21.0%-9.8%-12.1%
Grants & contributions6515741,473
Investment income632
Other non-operating, net1,222586445
Net income(1,840)(753)(372)
Net income %-9.4%-3.6%-1.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 42-bed hospital at 19% occupancy 65% 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
18.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
7.90
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
42
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
544
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
5.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.76
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
8.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
65.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
206.90
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.0M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.7%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.04
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.186999
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
-9.2%-15.5%-17.0%-21.0%-9.8%-12.1%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
198 days120 days28 days15 days10 days7 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

CLAY County, AL
Median household income
$51.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
16.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
24.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 13.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 33.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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