Operating margin: +6.1% in FY2025, the 70th percentile of 1,322 critical access hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Days cash on hand: 15 days in FY2024, the 22nd percentile of 1,289 critical access hospitals in the FY2024 pool. Total operating revenue: $25.1M in FY2025, the 37th percentile of 1,331 critical access hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +6.1% in FY2025, the 50th percentile of 1,322 critical access hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. 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 Blakely, GA. It ran an operating surplus of 6.1% in FY25 on $25.1M of operating revenue. It held 15 days of cash on hand in FY24, its most recent reported liquidity (22nd percentile of 1,289 Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity, FY24 pool). Operating margin improved from 0.1% in FY20 to 6.1% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+6.1%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Critical Access Hospitals70th pctl of 1,322 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Days cash on hand · FY24
15d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Critical Access Hospitals22nd pctl of 1,289 (FY24 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total operating revenue · FY25
$25.1M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Critical Access Hospitals37th pctl of 1,331 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+6.1%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Critical Access Hospitals50th pctl of 1,322 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
One point of operating margin at LIFEBRITE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF EARLY is about $251K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where LIFEBRITE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL sits among Critical Access Hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,322 of 1,404 filed
Each point is one Critical Access Hospital in the national FY25 distribution for Critical Access Hospitals, this hospital's comparison cohort, 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 FY25 median is -0.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One critical access hospitalLIFEBRITE COMMUNITYCritical 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 computes only when every input is reported in the filing (otherwise its cell states which input is Not reported in source); a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled, and its derived ratios read Astrelis calculation unavailable. Not audited by Astrelis.
5d (FY25) — outside expected range; computed from the filed statement and not ranked against peers
Net patient receivables × days in the report's own period ÷ net patient revenue, same fiscal year
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
16,856
18,062
24,857
Other operating revenue
2,948
1,493
288
Total operating revenue
19,804
19,555
25,145
Total operating expenses
20,258
23,255
23,601
Operating income
(454)
(3,699)
1,544
Operating margin %
-2.3%
-18.9%
+6.1%
Other non-operating, net
0
0
0
Net income
(454)
(3,699)
1,544
Net income %
-2.3%
-18.9%
+6.1%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
Display states.FY25 · Net patient A/R: 308K — Astrelis calculation (allowance line blank on the filing, counted as zero: Worksheet G line 6 (allowances for uncollectible accounts) is blank on this cost report; under ruling 11 a blank additive component adds zero and the value publishes flagged (blank components: line 600))FY25 · Days cash on hand — Astrelis calculation unavailable (operating expenses less depreciation is blank or zero on this filing)FY24 · Net patient A/R: -1,200K — Astrelis calculation (allowance line blank on the filing, counted as zero: Worksheet G line 6 (allowances for uncollectible accounts) is blank on this cost report; under ruling 11 a blank additive component adds zero and the value publishes flagged (blank components: line 600))FY23 · Net patient A/R: 1,183K — Astrelis calculation (allowance line blank on the filing, counted as zero: Worksheet G line 6 (allowances for uncollectible accounts) is blank on this cost report; under ruling 11 a blank additive component adds zero and the value publishes flagged (blank components: line 600))FY20 · Net patient A/R: -27,906K — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (AD-1198: calculation shown and flagged. net A/R = gross - |allowances| = -60119.6K (gross HOSP10_2020_nmrc.csv G000000 L00400; allowances L00500 32214.1K + L00600 57889.8K, magnitudes). Result is outside expected range vs total assets; displayed with the out-of-range state, never withheld. AD-1206: allowances net on crosswalk lines beyond L5/L6; panel aligned to the bucket layer's contra-netted value (one value across surfaces).)FY22 · Days cash on hand: -23 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by provenance class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim. Provenance labels: Reported value is copied from the named public source; Astrelis calculation is a formula applied to unchanged reported inputs, with the formula shown; Illustrative estimate is a benchmark gap, multiplier, or scenario — never a measurement.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
1.7%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
0.43
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
54
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3 days
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Cost per patient day
$151,290
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ total patient days (HCRIS WS G-3 / S-3)
Cost per discharge (unadjusted)
$437,061
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ discharges, NOT case-mix adjusted (adjusted discharges are not on the public filing set)
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$9.4M
Reported value2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Not reported in source (note 1)
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
Not reported in source (note 2)
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Note 1: Results are not available for this reporting period.Note 2: The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
EARLY County, GA · nonmetro, rural, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$53.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
21.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
17.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
29.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 15.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 34.7% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Illustrative advocacy scenario: what this hospital means to Early County
Illustrative estimate · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$23.3M
total operating expense · Reported value, not a local-capture estimate
Economic activity
$53.5M
direct spending × 2.30 · AHA national hospital economic activity report — a national hospital ratio, not a CAH or county figure · Illustrative estimate
Employment and labor income multipliers are from the National Center for Rural Health Works 2016 study of Critical Access Hospital economic impact (IMPLAN Type II, U.S. rural county populations); the economic-activity ratio is from the AHA national hospital economic activity report and describes U.S. hospitals as a whole; it is not a CAH-specific or county-specific figure. Applying any of these to an individual facility is an illustrative advocacy scenario, not a measurement: local capture depends on payroll residency, purchasing patterns, and county economic structure the sources do not observe. This facility is a critical access hospital, the NCRHW study population. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report. Want a defensible facility-specific figure? Request a Facility Economic Impact Study →
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 1,322.
CAH Performance Benchmark: FY25 peer pool · n = 1,322 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
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