A home health agency in Rio Grande City, TX. It ran an operating surplus of 6.9% in FY24 on $0.8M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among home health agencies on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited. Its within-stay preventable hospitalization runs 14.7%.
Days cash on hand · FY24
0d
all sources
vs home health agencies0th pctl of 4,699 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$0.8M
vs home health agencies18th pctl of 6,669 (FY24)
Operating margin · FY24
+6.9%
vs home health agencies58th pctl of 6,394 (FY24)
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
14.7%
Verified fact2026
Source: CMS Care Compare
Where A SPECIAL 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.
One home health agencyA SPECIALhome 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
+6.9% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+6.9% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY24)
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
10% (FY24)
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
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
1,075
1,033
768
Total operating revenue
1,075
1,033
768
Total operating expenses
939
897
715
Operating income
137
136
53
Operating margin %
+12.7%
+13.2%
+6.9%
Other non-operating, net
0
0
0
Net income
137
136
53
Net income %
+12.7%
+13.2%
+6.9%
HCRIS CMS-1728 cost report · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · 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
74.5%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Within-stay preventable hospitalization
14.7%
Verified fact2026
CMS Care Compare
Discharge to community
54.2%
Proxy2024
CMS HHVBP
Rated care 9–10
89.0%
Proxy2026
CMS HHCAHPS
ZIP codes served
14
Proxy2026
CMS HH PUF
Total visits
5,383
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Total episodes
335
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Unduplicated patients
55
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Cost per visit ($)
132.79
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Medicare revenue share
100.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1728
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this home health agency serves
Starr County, TX · nonmetro, urban 20K+, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$38.2K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
33.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
31.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
11.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
40.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 23.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 42.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Opportunity screen · FY23
≈ $197K
of annual opportunity identified against peer medians across 2 measures
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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