A hospital in Paragould, AR. It ran an operating loss of 16.6% in FY25 on $72.1M of operating revenue. It held 43 days of cash on hand (56th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -14.1% in FY21 to -16.6% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 4.1%.
Operating margin · FY25
-16.6%
▼ 1.6 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals13th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
43d
all sources
▲ 9.7 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals56th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$72.1M
▲ 4.6 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals15th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+4.1%
▲ 7.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals42nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ARKANSAS METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER is about $721K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ARKANSAS METHODIST 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 hospitalARKANSAS METHODISTUrban 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
68,802
67,175
71,954
Other operating revenue
264
270
116
Total operating revenue
69,065
67,445
72,070
Total operating expenses
76,944
77,575
84,067
Operating income
(7,878)
(10,130)
(11,997)
Operating margin %
-11.4%
-15.0%
-16.6%
Grants & contributions
169
188
986
Investment income
717
825
893
Other non-operating, net
1,954
6,740
13,751
Net income
(5,038)
(2,377)
3,633
Net income %
-7.0%
-3.2%
+4.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY22, 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 104-bed hospital at 17% occupancy 71% 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
17.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
17.82
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
104
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
2,696
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
71.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
519.20
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
16.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.649
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.5%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.12
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.982629
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
GREENE County, AR
Median household income
$56.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
9.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
25.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 31.0% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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