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Critical Access Hospital · KS

Critical Access Hospital · CCN 171340

CCN 171340Rural (USDA RUCC)15 bedsLatest FY 2022
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY22. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY22. Days cash on hand is FY21, 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 KS. It ran an operating loss of 2.7% in FY22 on $15.4M of operating revenue. It held 77 days of cash on hand in FY21, its most recent reported liquidity (38th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 0.9% in FY21 to -2.7% in FY22. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 0.9%.

Operating margin · FY22
-2.7%
3.5 pts vs FY21
vs Critical Access Hospitals51st pctl of 1,328 (FY22)
Days cash on hand · FY21
77d
all sources
vs Critical Access Hospitals38th pctl of 1,307 (FY22)
Total operating revenue · FY22
$15.4M
2.1 $M vs FY21
vs Critical Access Hospitals26th pctl of 1,344 (FY22)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY22
+0.9%
3.2 pts vs FY21
vs Critical Access Hospitals37th pctl of 1,328 (FY22)
Benchmarked within its own FY22 pool (n=1,328); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at Critical Access Hospital · CCN 171340 is about $154K per year (1% of FY22 total operating revenue).

Where Critical Access Hospital sits among Critical Access Hospitals

Operating margin · FY22 pool · n = 1,328 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 -2.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

Benchmarked within its own FY22 pool (n=1,328); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -2.847136596148287%Critical Access -2.658379463274093%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -2.847136596148287%Critical Access -2.658379463274093%
One critical access hospitalCritical AccessCritical 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
-2.7% (FY22)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+0.9% (FY22)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
77d (FY21)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.20× (FY22)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
41% (FY22)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
97d (FY22)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
-10.8% (FY21)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+62.2% (FY21)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY21FY22
Patient revenue13,26415,357
Other operating revenue8288
Total operating revenue13,34615,446
Total operating expenses13,23015,856
Operating income116(411)
Operating margin %+0.9%-2.7%
Grants & contributions41929
Investment income1210
Other non-operating, net22517
Net income569145
Net income %+4.1%+0.9%
2 of 3 years available for this statement.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY22 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22 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 15-bed hospital at 12% occupancy where swing beds are 64% of the inpatient business and 85% 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
11.7%
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
1.76
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
15
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
242
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.6d
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
3.10
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
63.9%
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
85.4%
Verified fact2022
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
As a Critical Access Hospital, this facility is exempt from most CMS public quality-measure programs. No public measures are reported for it. That is a program design fact, not a quality signal.

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 2 reporting years
Operating margin
+0.9%-2.7%FY21FY22
Days cash on hand
77 daysFY21FY22

The county this hospital serves

Location, KS
Median household income
$68.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
8.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 27.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to its county

economic contribution · FY22 cost report
Direct annual spending
$15.9M
total operating expense · reported
Jobs supported
202
151 direct (estimated from payroll) × 1.34 employment multiplier · estimate
Total economic output
$36.5M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Share of county employment
2.4%
of all county jobs
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.

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