CCN 450489DAWSON CountyGovernment - Hospital District or Authority21 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Lamesa, TX. It ran an operating loss of 26.1% in FY25 on $17.1M of operating revenue. It held 68 days of cash on hand (64th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -53.7% in FY21 to -26.1% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 3.7%.
Operating margin · FY25
-26.1%
▲ 30.7 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals7th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
68d
all sources
▲ 11.6 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals64th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$17.1M
▲ 3.2 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals3rd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+3.7%
▲ 28.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals41st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL is about $171K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban 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 Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalMEDICAL ARTSUrban 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
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
12,449
13,617
16,815
Other operating revenue
14
216
240
Total operating revenue
12,463
13,833
17,055
Total operating expenses
20,134
21,692
21,512
Operating income
(7,671)
(7,859)
(4,458)
Operating margin %
-61.6%
-56.8%
-26.1%
Grants & contributions
—
114
2
Investment income
49
—
25
Other non-operating, net
4,566
3,496
5,267
Net income
(3,056)
(4,249)
836
Net income %
-17.9%
-24.4%
+3.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 21-bed hospital at 10% occupancy where swing beds are 22% of the inpatient business and 92% 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
10.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
2.16
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
21
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
238
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.62
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
22.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
92.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
133.20
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
18.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.6%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.91
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
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
DAWSON County, TX
Median household income
$55.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
22.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
30.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 25.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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