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Rural PPS hospital · Waynesboro, MS

WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL

CCN 250077WAYNE CountyGovernment - LocalRural (USDA RUCC)43 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Waynesboro, MS. It ran an operating loss of 15.5% in FY25 on $45.0M of operating revenue. It held 29 days of cash on hand (50th percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -12.6% in FY20 to -15.5% in FY25, though it rose 4.6 points in the most recent year.

Operating margin · FY25
-15.5%
4.6 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals16th pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY25
29d
all sources
27.6 days vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals50th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$45.0M
6.6 $M vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals24th pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-5.1%
5.4 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals22nd pctl of 387 (FY24)
This facility's newest settled year, FY25, has not yet reached pool validity: benchmarked against the FY24 pool (n=387).
One point of operating margin at WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL is about $450K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL sits among Rural PPS hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 387 of 418 filed

Each point is one Rural 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 Rural PPS hospital median is -0.9%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

This facility's newest settled year, FY25, has not yet reached pool validity: benchmarked against the FY24 pool (n=387).
-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%WAYNE GENERAL -15.493518421737363%-20%0%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%WAYNE GENERAL -15.493518421737363%
One rural pps hospitalWAYNE GENERALRural 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.

Operating margin
-15.5% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-5.1% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
29d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
2.41× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
67% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
82d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue30,44637,93944,587
Other operating revenue905421379
Total operating revenue31,35138,36044,966
Total operating expenses36,96646,05851,933
Operating income(5,615)(7,699)(6,967)
Operating margin %-17.9%-20.1%-15.5%
Grants & contributions45881
Investment income457437215
Other non-operating, net1,8402,0174,242
Net income(3,273)(4,364)(2,510)
Net income %-9.7%-10.5%-5.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 43-bed hospital at 24% occupancy where swing beds are 42% of the inpatient business and 74% 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
23.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
10.20
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
43
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,016
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
7.26
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
41.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
74.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
424
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.3M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.945
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.8%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.86
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.980507
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
-12.6%-15.0%-15.2%-17.9%-20.1%-15.5%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
307 days225 days194 days123 days57 days29 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

WAYNE County, MS · nonmetro, rural, remote
Median household income
$36.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
22.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
16.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
27.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 29.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Wayne County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$51.9M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$119.4M
× 2.30 output multiplier · upper-bound estimate, upper bound for rural
Share of county employment
9.0%
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). This hospital is not a critical access hospital. No published multiplier specific to its type was used, so the CAH ratios are applied unchanged and every multiplied figure here should be read as an upper-bound estimate, not a measurement of this facility. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.

Rural PPS 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.

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