CCN 058406Los Angeles CountyPROPRIETARYLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Days cash on hand is FY23, the most recent year that passed the display gate. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A home health agency in Torrance, CA. It ran an operating surplus of 11.7% in FY24 on $0.3M of operating revenue. It held 18 days of cash on hand in FY23, its most recent reported liquidity (44th percentile among home health agencies on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 3.1% in FY20 to 11.7% in FY24, though it fell 15.5 points in the most recent year. On care, it carries a 1-star CMS quality rating. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization runs 15.3%. On the filed record it is comfortably profitable with lower measured quality. Source-reported context, not a recommendation.
Quality of patient care star
1★
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Days cash on hand · FY23
18d
all sources
vs home health agencies44th pctl of 4,699 (FY24)
Operating margin · FY24
+11.7%
vs home health agencies71st pctl of 6,394 (FY24)
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
15.3%
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Where PATIENTS FIRST HOME sits among home health agencies
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 6,394 of 8,555 filed
Each point is one home health agency 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 home health agency median is +4.1%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One home health agencyPATIENTS FIRSThome health agency median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios 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 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
+11.7% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+11.7% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
18d (FY23)
Cash & investments ÷ daily operating expense
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not reported in this filing
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
14% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not reported in this filing
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
405
393
296
Total operating revenue
405
393
296
Total operating expenses
413
286
262
Operating income
(7)
107
35
Operating margin %
-1.7%
+27.2%
+11.8%
Net income
(7)
107
35
Net income %
-1.7%
+27.2%
+11.8%
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · operating revenue reflects net patient service revenue · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
The metrics this home health agency 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.
Quality of patient care star
1★
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Timely initiation of care
85.3%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in ambulation
44.7%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
15.3%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
ZIP codes served
36
Proxy2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
748
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
126
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Unduplicated patients
27
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
349.82
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
100.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this home health agency serves
Los Angeles County, CA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$87.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.3% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
The Board Briefing$1,000
The free profile shows the record. The Board Briefing tells you what changed, what matters, and what your board should ask. 35+ pages, built entirely from public sources, no client data required. Delivered within 2 business days. If we cannot deliver the published scope for your facility, you pay nothing.
Home Health 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.
