Quality of patient care star (1–5): 4.5 stars in FY2026. Days cash on hand: 169 days in FY2025, the 82nd percentile of 5,303 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Operating margin: +5.0% in FY2025, the 55th percentile of 6,425 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Within-stay preventable hospitalization: 9.9% in FY2026. Total operating revenue: $1.6M in FY2025, the 38th percentile of 6,434 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +5.0% in FY2025, the 50th percentile of 6,416 home health agencies in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
The read
A home health agency in Brookfield, WI. It ran an operating surplus of 5.0% in FY25 on $1.6M of operating revenue. It held 169 days of cash on hand (82nd percentile of 5,303 home health agencies on liquidity, FY25 pool). Operating margin declined from 7.4% in FY20 to 5.0% in FY25, though it rose 11.6 points in the most recent year. On care, it carries a 4.5-star CMS quality rating. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization rate is 9.9%. On the filed record it is comfortably profitable with strong measured quality. Source-reported context, not a recommendation.
Quality of patient care star (1–5)
4.5★
Reported value2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Days cash on hand · FY25
169d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs home health agencies82nd pctl of 5,303 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Operating margin · FY25
+5.0%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs home health agencies55th 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
9.9%
Reported value2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Where ALPINE CARE HOME 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.
One home health agencyALPINE CAREhome 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
+5.0% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+5.0% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
169d (FY25)
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
-58% (FY25)
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 item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
989
1,522
1,598
Total operating revenue
989
1,522
1,598
Total operating expenses
1,099
1,622
1,518
Operating income
(111)
(100)
81
Operating margin %
-11.2%
-6.6%
+5.0%
Net income
(111)
(100)
81
Net income %
-11.2%
-6.6%
+5.0%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
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 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)
4.5★
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Timely initiation of care
100.0%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in ambulation
94.6%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Improvement in dyspnea
94.1%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
9.9%
Reported value2026
CMS Care Compare
Discharge to community
79.9%
Reported value2024
CMS HHVBP
Rated care 9–10 (% of patients)
80.0%
Reported value2026
CMS HHCAHPS
ZIP codes served
81
Reported value2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
6,949
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
564
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Visits per episode
12.30
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total visits ÷ total episodes, both reported above (HCRIS CMS-1728)
Unduplicated patients
973
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
218.39
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
81.9%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1728
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this home health agency serves
Milwaukee County, WI · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$104.1K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
5.2%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
12.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 4.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 12.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 6,425.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 6,425 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
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Astrelis Atlas, "Alpine Care Home Health", https://astrelis.co/providers/home_health/527318, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.
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