Astrelis
Home health agency · Palos Heights, IL

SPECIAL HOME HEALTH CARE LLC

CCN 148397Cook County-Latest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis

Quality of patient care star (1–5): 1.5 stars in FY2026. Days cash on hand: 532 days in FY2023. Operating margin: +42.6% in FY2023. Within-stay preventable hospitalization: 13.3% in FY2026. Total operating revenue: $0.2M in FY2023. Total margin (including nonoperating): +42.6% in FY2023. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.

The read

A home health agency in Palos Heights, IL. It ran an operating surplus of 42.6% in FY23 on $0.2M of operating revenue. It held 532 days of cash on hand. Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited. On care, it carries a 1.5-star CMS quality rating. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization rate is 13.3%. On the filed record it is comfortably profitable with lower measured quality. Source-reported context, not a recommendation.

Quality of patient care star (1–5)
1.5★
Reported value2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Days cash on hand · FY23
532d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
not ranked: no valid same-year pool for this metric (needs n ≥ 25 and ≥ 50% of the cohort's filers at FY23)
Operating margin · FY23
+42.6%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
not ranked: no valid same-year pool for this metric (needs n ≥ 25 and ≥ 50% of the cohort's filers at FY23)
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
13.3%
Reported value2026
Source: CMS Care Compare

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 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.

Operating margin
+42.6% (FY23)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+42.6% (FY23)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
532d (FY23)
Cash & investments ÷ daily operating expense
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not reported in source
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
96% (FY23)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not reported in source
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23 · 384 days
Patient revenue202
Total operating revenue202
Total operating expenses116
Operating income86
Operating margin %+42.6%
Net income86
Net income %+42.6%
1 of 3 years available for this statement.
— = Not reported in source for that year.
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY23–FY25 · operating revenue reflects net patient service revenue
Display states. FY24 · Filed figures — Not reported in source (a cost report exists for this year but none of its mapped statement values were reported)FY25 · Filed figures — Not reported in source (a cost report exists for this year but none of its mapped statement values were reported)

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 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.

Quality of patient care star (1–5)
1.5★
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Timely initiation of care
61.2%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in ambulation
62.4%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
13.3%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
ZIP codes served
24
Reported value2026
CMS HH PUF
Visits / episodes
1,366
Reported value2023
CMS HH PUF

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 3 reporting years
Operating margin
+42.6%FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
532 daysFY23FY24FY25

The county this home health agency serves

Cook County, IL · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$81.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
9.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Operating margin (as filed)FY23Astrelis calculation

42.6% operating margin in FY23.

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Astrelis Atlas, "Special Home Health Care Llc", https://astrelis.co/providers/home_health/148397, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.

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