A hospital in Ruston, LA. It ran an operating loss of 3.5% in FY24 on $5.0M of operating revenue. It held 47 days of cash on hand (79th percentile among Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -6.2% in FY20 to -3.5% in FY24, though it fell 2.3 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY24
-3.5%
▼ 2.3 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals32nd pctl of 437 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
47d
all sources
▼ 8.7 days vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals79th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$5.0M
▼ 0.5 $M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals7th pctl of 509 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-3.5%
▼ 2.3 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals24th pctl of 434 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at SERENITY SPRINGS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL is about $50K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where SERENITY SPRINGS SPECIALTY sits among Psychiatric hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 437 of 610 filed
Each point is one Psychiatric 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 Psychiatric hospital median is +4.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One psychiatric hospitalSERENITY SPRINGSPsychiatric 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.
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
4,116
4,940
4,563
Other operating revenue
183
481
388
Total operating revenue
4,299
5,421
4,951
Total operating expenses
4,323
5,486
5,122
Operating income
(24)
(64)
(172)
Operating margin %
-0.6%
-1.2%
-3.5%
Net income
(24)
(64)
(172)
Net income %
-0.6%
-1.2%
-3.5%
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 18-bed hospital at 87% occupancy 8% 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
87.1%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
15.72
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
18
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
731
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
7.9d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
7.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
49
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
LINCOLN County, LA · nonmetro, urban 20K+, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$38.0K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
30.7%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
5.7%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
14.0%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
26.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 23.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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