CCN 100039BROWARD CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)339 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It ran an operating loss of 14.1% in FY25 on $659.1M of operating revenue. It held 7 days of cash on hand (39th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -16.6% in FY21 to -14.1% in FY25, though it fell 8.9 points in the most recent year. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 5.4%.
Operating margin · FY25
-14.1%
vs Urban PPS hospitals16th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
7d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals39th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$659.1M
vs Urban PPS hospitals78th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+5.4%
vs Urban PPS hospitals47th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER is about $6.6M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where BROWARD 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 hospitalBROWARD 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
530,320
622,390
656,137
Other operating revenue
2,468
3,051
2,945
Total operating revenue
532,788
625,441
659,081
Total operating expenses
627,862
657,514
751,689
Operating income
(95,073)
(32,073)
(92,607)
Operating margin %
-17.8%
-5.1%
-14.1%
Grants & contributions
741
384
138
Investment income
884
1,080
921
Other non-operating, net
104,989
116,807
134,727
Net income
11,541
86,198
43,179
Net income %
+1.8%
+11.6%
+5.4%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 339-bed hospital at 69% occupancy 36% 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
69.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
234.46
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
339
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
22,521
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
36.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
3,053
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.16
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
16.2%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.06
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.918586
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
BROWARD County, FL
Median household income
$74.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
12.2%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
13.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.6%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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