Average daily census: 14 in FY2025. Hospice Care Index: 9 in FY2025. Operating margin: +33.5% in FY2025, the 94th percentile of 3,640 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total days of care: 7,634 days in FY2025. Days cash on hand: 556 days in FY2025, the 85th percentile of 2,937 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $1.1M in FY2025, the 15th percentile of 3,645 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +33.5% in FY2025, the 93rd percentile of 3,641 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
The read
A hospice in Tahlequah, OK. It ran an operating surplus of 33.5% in FY25 on $1.1M of operating revenue. It held 556 days of cash on hand (85th percentile of 2,937 hospices on liquidity, FY25 pool). Operating margin improved from -5.3% in FY20 to 33.5% in FY25. It carries an average daily census of 14.
Average daily census
14
Reported value2025
Source: CMS Hospice
Hospice Care Index
9
Reported value2025
Source: CMS Hospice Quality
Operating margin · FY25
+33.5%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs hospices94th pctl of 3,640 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total days of care
7,634 days
Reported value2025
Source: HCRIS CMS-1984
Where CARTER HEALTHCARE HOSPICE sits among hospices
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 3,640 of 3,944 filed
Each point is one hospice 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 hospice FY25 median is -0.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One hospiceCARTER HEALTHCAREhospice median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospice 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
+33.5% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+33.5% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
556d (FY25)
Cash & investments ÷ daily operating expense
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
4.14× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
69% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
696d (FY25) — outside expected range; computed from the filed statement and not ranked against peers
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
736
664
1,126
Total operating revenue
736
664
1,126
Total operating expenses
835
1,074
748
Operating income
(99)
(410)
378
Operating margin %
-13.5%
-61.8%
+33.5%
Net income
(99)
(410)
378
Net income %
-13.5%
-61.8%
+33.5%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
HCRIS CMS-1984 cost report · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · patient-service operating basis; non-patient revenue (contributions, investment) is non-operating · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding
Display states.FY21 · Days cash on hand: 1,704 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
The metrics this hospice 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.
Hospice Care Index
9
Reported value2025
CMS Hospice Quality
Average daily census
14
Reported value2025
CMS Hospice
Routine home care mix
99.7%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1984
Respite mix
0.1%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1984
Total days of care
7,634 days
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1984
Continuous home care mix
0.0%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1984
General inpatient mix
0.2%
Reported value2025
HCRIS CMS-1984
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospice serves
Cherokee County, OK · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$53.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
19.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
19.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 32.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 3,640.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 3,640 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
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Astrelis Atlas, "Carter Healthcare Hospice Of East Oklahoma, Llc", https://astrelis.co/providers/hospice/371616, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.
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