Astrelis
hospice · Houston, TX

STARLYTE HEALTH AND PALLIATIVE CARE LLC

CCN 971748Latest FY 2024
Historical record. CMS lists this CCN as terminated (involuntary - failure to meet agreement). No successor CCN is recorded. The financials below are the historical results reported under this number and are excluded from current peer comparisons and state counts.
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY23. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY23. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY24, 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 hospice in Houston, TX. It ran an operating loss of 17.5% in FY23 on $0.0M of operating revenue. It held 9 days of cash on hand. Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited. It carries an average daily census of 2.

Average daily census
2
Verified fact2024
Source: CMS Hospice
Days cash on hand · FY23
9d
all sources
vs hospices
Operating margin · FY23
-17.5%
vs hospices
Total days of care
475.0d
Verified fact2024
Source: HCRIS CMS-1984

Where STARLYTE HEALTH AND sits among hospices

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 3,488 of 5,626 filed

Each point is one hospice 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 hospice median is +0.1%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%hospice median +0.08499999999999999%STARLYTE HEALTH -17.53%-20%0%+20%hospice median +0.08499999999999999%STARLYTE HEALTH -17.53%
One hospiceSTARLYTE HEALTHhospice 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 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
-17.5% (FY23)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-17.5% (FY23)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
9d (FY23)
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
Not reported in this filing
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 itemFY23FY24
Patient revenue4281
Total operating revenue4281
Total operating expenses503181
Operating income(75)(180)
Operating margin %-17.5%-18000.0%
Net income(75)(180)
Net income %-17.5%-18000.0%
2 of 3 years available for this statement.
HCRIS CMS-1984 cost report · $ thousands · FY23–FY24 · patient-service operating basis; non-patient revenue (contributions, investment) is non-operating
A condensed balance sheet is not shown for this hospice: the public cost report does not carry substantive balance-sheet detail (assets, liabilities, and net assets that reconcile) for this provider. The income statement and ratio exhibit above are the reliable financial view here. We lead with those rather than render a hollow table.

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 evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.

Average daily census
2
Verified fact2024
CMS Hospice
Routine home care mix
100.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1984
Continuous home care mix
0.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1984
Total days of care
475.0d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1984
General inpatient mix
0.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1984
Respite mix
0.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS CMS-1984

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 2 reporting years
Operating margin
-17.5%FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
9 daysFY23FY24

The county this hospice serves

Location, TX · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$73.1K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
21.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
11.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
21.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 12.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Opportunity screen · FY24
$145K

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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