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Critical Access Hospital · Greensburg, KS

KIOWA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

CCN 171332KIOWA CountyGovernment - LocalRural (USDA RUCC)15 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Greensburg, KS. It ran an operating loss of 15.6% in FY24 on $11.9M of operating revenue. It held 55 days of cash on hand (38th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -43.2% in FY20 to -15.6% in FY24.

Operating margin · FY24
-15.6%
3.3 pts vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals18th pctl of 1,340 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
55d
all sources
12.7 days vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals38th pctl of 1,325 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$11.9M
1.5 $M vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals13th pctl of 1,356 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-3.2%
1.0 pts vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals20th 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 KIOWA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL is about $119K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where KIOWA COUNTY MEMORIAL 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%KIOWA COUNTY -15.630413212021324%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -1.8424776517003405%KIOWA COUNTY -15.630413212021324%
One critical access hospitalKIOWA COUNTYCritical 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
-15.6% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-3.2% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
55d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
2.83× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
79% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
59d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+23.0% (FY24)
46th percentile of 44 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+47.3% (FY24)
48th percentile of 44 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue7,4789,38210,403
Other operating revenue8431,0471,489
Total operating revenue8,32110,42911,892
Total operating expenses10,68412,40213,751
Operating income(2,362)(1,973)(1,859)
Operating margin %-28.4%-18.9%-15.6%
Grants & contributions1,4681,3131,201
Investment income37123188
Other non-operating, net2163341
Net income(641)(504)(429)
Net income %-6.4%-4.2%-3.2%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 15-bed hospital at 5% occupancy where swing beds are 91% of the inpatient business and 76% 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
4.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
0.73
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
15
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
88
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.0d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
7.15
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
90.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
76.3%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$0.8M
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
15.3%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Pricing

Pilot · FY24
Commercial rates vs Medicare
248%
Commercial negotiated rates as a percent of Medicare rates, outpatient basket. 46th percentile among CAHs.
Hospital price files + Medicare rates

Directional indicator from public price files. Facility-specific rate positioning is the Commercial Pricing Study →

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-43.2%-36.1%-28.4%-18.9%-15.6%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
7 days82 days58 days68 days55 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

KIOWA County, KS · nonmetro, rural, remote
Median household income
$73.2K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
5.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
22.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.2%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 28.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Kiowa County

economic contribution · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$13.8M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$31.6M
× 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

Where this facility is underperforming its matched peer cohort and what that gap is worth, measure by measure. Founding Edition: delivered within 30 days of eligibility confirmation, full refund if the published scope cannot be delivered.

Commercial Pricing Study$10,000CAH only, subject to data validation

Your negotiated commercial rates against Medicare and against peers, from hospitals' own published price files. We validate your hospital's rate file before taking payment.

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