A hospital in Mount Vernon, OH. It ran an operating loss of 21.8% in FY24 on $200.8M of operating revenue. It held 148 days of cash on hand (78th percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -11.3% in FY20 to -21.8% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
-21.8%
▼ 12.2 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals11th pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
148d
all sources
▼ 10.0 days vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals78th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$200.8M
▼ 12.5 $M vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals80th pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-6.8%
▼ 10.1 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals20th pctl of 387 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at KNOX COMMUNITY HOSPITAL is about $2.0M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where KNOX COMMUNITY 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.
One rural pps hospitalKNOX COMMUNITYRural 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.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
196,019
212,020
199,326
Other operating revenue
1,015
1,265
1,467
Total operating revenue
197,034
213,285
200,792
Total operating expenses
228,717
233,740
244,510
Operating income
(31,683)
(20,455)
(43,718)
Operating margin %
-16.1%
-9.6%
-21.8%
Grants & contributions
1,300
400
500
Investment income
(16,424)
12,553
11,708
Other non-operating, net
9,756
15,497
15,933
Net income
(37,051)
7,995
(15,577)
Net income %
-19.3%
+3.3%
-6.8%
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 52-bed hospital at 44% occupancy 79% 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
44.3%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
23.08
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
52
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,294
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.6d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.50
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
2.1%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
78.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,180
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
25.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$7.8M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.96
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.2%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.97
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.081056
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
KNOX County, OH · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$74.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
11.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 24.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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.
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