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Rural PPS hospital · New Martinsville, WV

WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL

CCN 510072WETZEL CountyGovernment - LocalRural (USDA RUCC)20 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in New Martinsville, WV. It ran an operating surplus of 5.8% in FY24 on $43.2M of operating revenue. It held 26 days of cash on hand (47th percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.

Operating margin · FY24
+5.8%
vs Rural PPS hospitals69th pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
26d
all sources
vs Rural PPS hospitals47th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$43.2M
vs Rural PPS hospitals24th pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+6.2%
vs Rural PPS hospitals60th pctl of 387 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL is about $432K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where WETZEL COUNTY 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%WETZEL COUNTY +5.784867424330171%-20%0%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%WETZEL COUNTY +5.784867424330171%
One rural pps hospitalWETZEL COUNTYRural 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
+5.8% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+6.2% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
26d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.54× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
53% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
41d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue33,68036,52542,809
Other operating revenue313933359
Total operating revenue33,99337,45843,168
Total operating expenses30,53134,92640,671
Operating income3,4632,5322,497
Operating margin %+10.2%+6.8%+5.8%
Investment income(1)12200
Other non-operating, net16100
Net income3,6232,5442,697
Net income %+10.6%+6.8%+6.2%
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 20-bed hospital at 29% occupancy where swing beds are 21% of the inpatient business and 83% 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
29.5%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
5.92
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
20
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
601
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.6d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
1.56
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
20.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
82.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
224.40
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
27.6%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.5M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
1.11
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.3%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.99
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
-20.5%+1.1%+10.2%+6.8%+5.8%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
176 days62 days60 days46 days26 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

WETZEL County, WV · nonmetro, urban 5–20K
Median household income
$53.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
16.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
4.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
22.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
24.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 19.3% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 39.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Wetzel County

economic contribution · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$40.7M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$93.5M
× 2.30 output multiplier · upper-bound estimate, upper bound for rural
Share of county employment
4.6%
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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