Astrelis
Rural PPS hospital · Littlefield, TX

LAMB HEALTHCARE CENTER

CCN 450698LAMB CountyGovernment - LocalRural (USDA RUCC)42 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Littlefield, TX. It ran an operating loss of 43.7% in FY25 on $11.3M of operating revenue. It held 30 days of cash on hand (51st percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -28.0% in FY20 to -43.7% in FY25, though it rose 12.5 points in the most recent year.

Operating margin · FY25
-43.7%
12.5 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals3rd pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY25
30d
all sources
19.9 days vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals51st pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$11.3M
2.0 $M vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals3rd pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-12.4%
6.3 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals11th 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 LAMB HEALTHCARE CENTER is about $113K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where LAMB HEALTHCARE CENTER 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%LAMB HEALTHCARE -43.65448975616666%-20%0%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%LAMB HEALTHCARE -43.65448975616666%
One rural pps hospitalLAMB HEALTHCARERural 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
-43.7% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-12.4% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
30d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.05× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
1% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
48d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue6,7969,23911,281
Other operating revenue111014
Total operating revenue6,8079,24911,295
Total operating expenses14,03314,44316,225
Operating income(7,227)(5,194)(4,931)
Operating margin %-106.2%-56.2%-43.7%
Grants & contributions1,7151,3511,338
Investment income1183336
Other non-operating, net6661,3711,629
Net income(4,728)(2,439)(1,928)
Net income %-50.8%-20.3%-13.5%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY23 operating and total margins are not shown: they compute from near-zero net patient revenue, so the ratio is not meaningful (display gate; statement values unchanged).
FY24, FY25 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 42-bed hospital at 4% occupancy 89% 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
4.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
1.88
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
42
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
344
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.38
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
17.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
89.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
130.80
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
10.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$2.1M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
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
The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.84
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 · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
-28.0%-19.6%-79.7%-56.2%-43.7%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
272 days163 days93 days4 days11 days30 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

LAMB County, TX · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$57.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
25.5%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
28.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 22.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Lamb County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$16.2M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$37.3M
× 2.30 output multiplier · upper-bound estimate, upper bound for rural
Share of county employment
3.3%
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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