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Home health agency · Pocahontas, IA

POCAHONTAS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH

CCN 167096Pocahontas CountyGOVERNMENT OPERATEDLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis

Total operating revenue: $0.5M in FY2025, the 9th percentile of 6,434 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Operating margin: -165.5% in FY2025, the 3rd percentile of 6,425 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Within-stay preventable hospitalization: 10.1% in FY2026. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.

The read

A home health agency in Pocahontas, IA. It ran an operating loss of 165.5% in FY25 on $0.5M of operating revenue. Operating margin declined from -77.5% in FY21 to -165.5% in FY25, though it rose 18.5 points in the most recent year. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization rate is 10.1%.

Days cash on hand
Astrelis calculation unavailable
Total operating revenue · FY25
$0.5M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs home health agencies9th pctl of 6,434 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Operating margin · FY25
-165.5%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs home health agencies3rd pctl of 6,425 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
10.1%
Reported value2026
Source: CMS Care Compare

Where POCAHONTAS COUNTY PUBLIC sits among home health agencies

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 6,425 of 7,624 filed

Each 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%home health agency median +3.3%POCAHONTAS COUNTY -165.5%
One home health agencyPOCAHONTAS COUNTYhome 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 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
-165.5% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
Not reported in source
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
Not reported in source
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
Not reported in source
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
Balance sheet: Not reported in source — the public cost report does not carry substantive balance-sheet detail (assets, liabilities, and net assets that reconcile) for this home health agency. The income statement and ratio exhibit above are the reliable financial view here. We lead with those rather than render a hollow table.
Display states. FY25 · Operating margin: -165.5% — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (beyond ±100%)FY24 · Operating margin: -184.0% — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (beyond ±100%)FY23 · Operating margin: -186.8% — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (beyond ±100%)FY22 · Operating margin: -136.9% — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (beyond ±100%)

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.

Timely initiation of care
90.2%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
10.1%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Discharge to community
63.6%
Reported value2024
CMS HHVBP
Rated care 9–10 (% of patients)
100.0%
Reported value2026
CMS HHCAHPS
ZIP codes served
11
Reported value2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
3,834
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
33
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Visits per episode
116.20
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total visits ÷ total episodes, both reported above (HCRIS CMS-1728)
Unduplicated patients
73
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
333.31
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
13.1%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-77.5%-136.9%-186.8%-184.0%-165.5%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
Not available

The county this home health agency serves

Pocahontas County, IA · nonmetro, rural, remote
Median household income
$63.4K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
8.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
23.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
20.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 8.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation

-165.5% operating margin — 3rd percentile of 6,425 peers (FY25 pool).

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How we calculated this

Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 6,425.

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Astrelis Atlas, "Pocahontas County Public Health", https://astrelis.co/providers/home_health/167096, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.

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