Astrelis
Critical Access Hospital · Malone, NY

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY

CCN 331321FRANKLIN CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateRural (USDA RUCC)25 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Malone, NY. It ran an operating loss of 10.3% in FY25 on $117.1M of operating revenue. It held 24 days of cash on hand (26th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -12.8% in FY24 to -10.3% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
-10.3%
2.5 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals23rd pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
24d
all sources
3.0 days vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals26th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$117.1M
15.3 $M vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals95th pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-2.7%
1.7 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals15th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY is about $1.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where THE UNIVERSITY OF sits among Critical Access Hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 824 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 -0.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%THE UNIVERSITY -10.314427692394434%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%THE UNIVERSITY -10.314427692394434%
One critical access hospitalTHE UNIVERSITYCritical Access Hospital median

The money

$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated

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Operating margin
-10.3% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-2.7% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
24d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
0.70× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
2% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
42d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
-36.4% (FY25)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+40.7% (FY25)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY24FY25
Patient revenue101,796117,060
Total operating revenue101,796117,060
Total operating expenses114,801129,134
Operating income(13,005)(12,074)
Operating margin %-12.8%-10.3%
Grants & contributions8068
Investment income402717
Other non-operating, net11,3697,893
Net income(1,154)(3,396)
Net income %-1.0%-2.7%
2 of 3 years available for this statement.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY24–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 25-bed hospital at 22% occupancy where swing beds are 60% of the inpatient business and 88% 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
21.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
5.49
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
670
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
8.37
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
60.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
87.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
1.029
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.4%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 2 reporting years
Operating margin
-12.8%-10.3%FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
27 days24 daysFY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

FRANKLIN County, NY
Median household income
$63.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
16.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 13.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 28.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Franklin County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$129.1M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$297.0M
× 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

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