Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY22, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A home health agency in Norton, VA. It ran an operating loss of 6.5% in FY25 on $0.9M of operating revenue. It held 82 days of cash on hand (80th percentile among home health agencies on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 2.9% in FY21 to -6.5% in FY25. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization runs 12.7%. These figures come from filings spanning FY22–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Days cash on hand · FY25
82d
all sources
▼ 24.3 days vs FY24
vs home health agencies80th pctl of 4,699 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$0.9M
▼ 0.1 $M vs FY24
vs home health agencies22nd pctl of 6,669 (FY24)
Operating margin · FY25
-6.5%
▼ 11.7 pts vs FY24
vs home health agencies24th pctl of 6,394 (FY24)
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
12.7%
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 FIRST CHOICE 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 agencyFIRST CHOICEhome 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
-6.5% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-6.4% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
82d (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
88% (FY22)
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
1,109
1,024
909
Total operating revenue
1,109
1,024
909
Total operating expenses
1,045
970
968
Operating income
64
54
(59)
Operating margin %
+5.8%
+5.3%
-6.5%
Other non-operating, net
9
0
1
Net income
73
54
(58)
Net income %
+6.5%
+5.3%
-6.4%
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY21–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.
Timely initiation of care
100.0%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
12.7%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Rated care 9–10
92.0%
Proxy2026
CMS HHCAHPS
ZIP codes served
16
Proxy2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
7,047
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
630
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Unduplicated patients
99
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
137.34
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
99.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this home health agency serves
Norton city, VA · nonmetro, urban 5–20K
Median household income
$38.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
25.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.5%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.6%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
24.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
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