A home health agency in Mccomb, MS. It ran an operating loss of 0.9% in FY25 on $13.7M of operating revenue. It held 32 days of cash on hand (59th percentile among home health agencies on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 19.8% in FY20 to -0.9% in FY25. On care, it carries a 2.5-star CMS quality rating and 4-star patient experience. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization runs 16.7%. On the filed record it is running at an operating loss with lower measured quality. Source-reported context, not a recommendation.
Quality of patient care star
2.5★
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
HHCAHPS patient-survey star
4★
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS HHCAHPS
Operating margin · FY25
-0.9%
▼ 8.8 pts vs FY24
vs home health agencies35th pctl of 6,394 (FY24)
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
16.7%
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
This facility's newest settled year, FY25, has not yet reached pool validity: benchmarked against the FY24 pool (n=6,394).
Where ST LUKE 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.
This facility's newest settled year, FY25, has not yet reached pool validity: benchmarked against the FY24 pool (n=6,394).
One home health agencyST LUKEhome 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
-0.9% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
0.0% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
32d (FY25)
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
93% (FY25)
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
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
14,478
14,934
13,746
Total operating revenue
14,478
14,934
13,746
Total operating expenses
13,769
13,746
13,869
Operating income
709
1,188
(123)
Operating margin %
+4.9%
+8.0%
-0.9%
Other non-operating, net
2,874
42
120
Net income
3,583
1,230
(3)
Net income %
+20.6%
+8.2%
0.0%
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · 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
2.5★
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
HHCAHPS patient-survey star
4★
Verified fact2026
CMS HHCAHPS
Timely initiation of care
93.0%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in ambulation
85.7%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in dyspnea
79.4%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
16.7%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Discharge to community
72.6%
Proxy2024
CMS HHVBP
Rated care 9–10
91.0%
Proxy2026
CMS HHCAHPS
ZIP codes served
50
Proxy2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
41,606
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
4,524
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Unduplicated patients
1,975
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
333.35
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
72.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this home health agency serves
Pike County, MS · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$41.6K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
27.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
13.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
28.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 16.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 37.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Opportunity screen · FY23
≈ $229K
of annual opportunity identified against peer medians across 1 measure
Directional, conservative band. Arithmetic against matched-peer medians from public filings, not a projection; public data cannot fully control for patient acuity.
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