Astrelis
Critical Access Hospital · Fort Bragg, CA

ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST

CCN 051325MENDOCINO CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateRural (USDA RUCC)21 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Fort Bragg, CA. It ran an operating loss of 12.1% in FY24 on $81.6M of operating revenue. It held 52 days of cash on hand (37th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.

Operating margin · FY24
-12.1%
vs Critical Access Hospitals23rd pctl of 1,340 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
52d
all sources
vs Critical Access Hospitals37th pctl of 1,325 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$81.6M
vs Critical Access Hospitals88th pctl of 1,356 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-8.8%
vs Critical Access Hospitals9th pctl of 1,340 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=1,340); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST is about $816K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO sits among Critical Access Hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 1,340 of 1,404 filed

Each point is one Critical Access 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 Critical Access Hospital median is -1.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=1,340); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -1.8424776517003405%ADVENTIST HEALTH -12.060149343572355%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -1.8424776517003405%ADVENTIST HEALTH -12.060149343572355%
One critical access hospitalADVENTIST HEALTHCritical Access 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% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-8.8% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
52d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
2.33× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
-54% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
52d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+30.1% (FY24)
53rd percentile of 476 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+42.9% (FY24)
14th percentile of 476 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue77,22681,74281,057
Other operating revenue419268513
Total operating revenue77,64582,00981,570
Total operating expenses79,82989,15591,408
Operating income(2,184)(7,145)(9,837)
Operating margin %-2.8%-8.7%-12.1%
Grants & contributions4893971,101
Investment income191,180547
Other non-operating, net(8)480785
Net income(1,684)(5,088)(7,404)
Net income %-2.2%-6.1%-8.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24 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 21-bed hospital at 26% occupancy where swing beds are 45% of the inpatient business and 79% 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
25.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
5.42
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
21
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
722
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.7d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
4.36
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
44.6%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
79.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$9.1M
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
14.5%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-2.5%-11.0%-2.8%-8.7%-12.1%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
0 days75 days52 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

MENDOCINO County, CA · nonmetro, urban 20K+, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$64.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.2%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
24.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 16.3% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 31.6% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Mendocino County

economic contribution · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$91.4M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$210.2M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.

CAH Performance Benchmark$2,500Founding Edition

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