PREFERRED HOME HEALTH
Quality of patient care star (1–5): 4.5 stars in FY2026. HHCAHPS patient-survey star (1–5): 5 stars in FY2026. Operating margin: +17.6% in FY2025, the 82nd percentile of 6,425 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Within-stay preventable hospitalization: 13.3% in FY2026. Days cash on hand: 41 days in FY2025, the 63rd percentile of 5,303 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $4.1M in FY2025, the 68th percentile of 6,434 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +19.4% in FY2025, the 83rd percentile of 6,416 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
A home health agency in Florence, AL. It ran an operating surplus of 17.6% in FY25 on $4.1M of operating revenue. It held 41 days of cash on hand (63rd percentile of 5,303 home health agencies on liquidity, FY25 pool). Operating margin improved from 10.3% in FY20 to 17.6% in FY25. On care, it carries a 4.5-star CMS quality rating and 5-star patient experience. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization rate is 13.3%. On the filed record it is comfortably profitable with strong measured quality. Source-reported context, not a recommendation.
Where PREFERRED HOME HEALTH sits among home health agencies
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 6,425 of 7,624 filedEach point is one home health agency in the national FY25 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 home health agency FY25 median is +3.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gatedRatios tell you how this home health agency 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 computes only when every input is reported in the filing (otherwise its cell states which input is Not reported in source); a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled, and its derived ratios read Astrelis calculation unavailable. Not audited by Astrelis.
| Line item | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient revenue | 3,545 | 3,545 | 4,060 |
| Total operating revenue | 3,545 | 3,545 | 4,060 |
| Total operating expenses | 3,207 | 3,368 | 3,347 |
| Operating income | 338 | 177 | 713 |
| Operating margin % | +9.5% | +5.0% | +17.6% |
| Other non-operating, net | 39 | 39 | 92 |
| Net income | 378 | 217 | 805 |
| Net income % | +10.5% | +6.0% | +19.4% |
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reportingThe metrics this home health agency type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by provenance class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim. Provenance labels: Reported value is copied from the named public source; Astrelis calculation is a formula applied to unchanged reported inputs, with the formula shown; Illustrative estimate is a benchmark gap, multiplier, or scenario — never a measurement.
Trajectory
The county this home health agency serves
17.6% operating margin — 82nd percentile of 6,425 peers (FY25 pool).
Operating margin improved 12.6 points vs FY24 — the briefing traces why, line by line.
Reserve The Board Briefing →How we calculated this
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 6,425.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 6,425 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
The Board Briefing
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Home Health Performance Benchmark
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Cite this page
release 2321a4fc37a7 · 2026-10-22Astrelis Atlas, "Preferred Home Health", https://astrelis.co/providers/home_health/017177, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.
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