Astrelis
Home health agency · Okeechobee, FL

BIG LAKE HOME HEALTH SERVICES INC

CCN 108060Okeechobee CountyPROPRIETARYLatest FY 2021
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A home health agency in Okeechobee, FL. It ran an operating loss of 35.6% in FY21 on $0.5M of operating revenue. It held 2 days of cash on hand (15th percentile among home health agencies on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -21.4% in FY20 to -35.6% in FY21.

Days cash on hand · FY21
2d
all sources
18.9 days vs FY20
vs home health agencies15th pctl of 4,976 (FY21)
Total operating revenue · FY21
$0.5M
0.3 $M vs FY20
vs home health agencies10th pctl of 6,447 (FY21)
Operating margin · FY21
-35.6%
14.2 pts vs FY20
vs home health agencies7th pctl of 6,184 (FY21)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY21
-35.6%
22.7 pts vs FY20
vs home health agencies4th pctl of 6,326 (FY21)
Benchmarked within its own FY21 pool (n=6,184); the home health agency cohort's current year is FY24.

Where BIG LAKE HOME sits among home health agencies

Operating margin · FY21 pool · n = 6,184 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 +3.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

Benchmarked within its own FY21 pool (n=6,184); the home health agency cohort's current year is FY24.
-20%-10%0%+10%+20%home health agency median +3.785%BIG LAKE -35.59%-20%0%+20%home health agency median +3.785%BIG LAKE -35.59%
One home health agencyBIG LAKEhome 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
-35.6% (FY21)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-35.6% (FY21)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
2d (FY21)
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
-56% (FY21)
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 itemFY20FY21
Patient revenue712450
Total operating revenue712450
Total operating expenses865610
Operating income(153)(160)
Operating margin %-21.5%-35.6%
Other non-operating, net540
Net income(99)(160)
Net income %-12.9%-35.6%
2 of 3 years available for this statement.
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY20–FY21 · 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.

ZIP codes served
1
Proxy2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
4,402
Verified fact2021
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
2,807
Verified fact2021
HCRIS CMS-1728
Unduplicated patients
157
Verified fact2021
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
138.47
Verified fact2021
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
73.4%
Verified fact2021
HCRIS CMS-1728

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 2 reporting years
Operating margin
-21.4%-35.6%FY20FY21
Days cash on hand
21 days2 daysFY20FY21

The county this home health agency serves

Okeechobee County, FL · nonmetro, urban 20K+, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$52.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
19.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
17.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
27.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 15.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 33.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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.

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