HIGHLANDS MEDICAL CENTER — financial and operating metrics

CCN 010061, SCOTTSBORO, AL · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified454545454545
Total bed days availableunverified16,47016,42517,82016,42516,47016,425
Total facility dischargesunverified2,1382,0412,2782,0552,0902,173
Total facility inpatient daysunverified8,9909,8279,6867,8037,2877,040
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$118,618,848$134,433,871$153,770,352$163,084,217$170,171,006$175,582,671
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$80,450,395$93,261,009$107,823,234$109,844,372$119,316,352$134,547,833
Net patient revenueunverified$38,168,453$41,172,862$45,947,118$53,239,845$50,854,654$41,034,838
Total operating expensesunverified$47,065,944$51,227,452$59,811,329$62,214,837$67,080,982$66,517,512
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-8,897,491$-10,054,590$-13,864,211$-8,974,992$-16,226,328$-25,482,674
Net incomeunverified$-817,936$1,192,545$-1,753,914$-6,383,373$-14,482,021$-19,209,002
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$3,662,212$3,627,609$3,330,895$4,047,078$4,591,239$4,385,500
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$8,568,060$7,772,864$7,112,294$8,417,580$8,434,260$9,498,490
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$631,351$613,778$1,151,442$1,508,057$2,561,937$1,922,806
Cost of charity careunverified$233,244$316,059$564,515$908,623$1,390,771$790,780
Charges for insured patients' liabilityunverified$44,671
Operating marginunverified-23.3%-24.4%-30.2%-16.9%-31.9%-62.1%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified39.7%38.1%38.9%38.1%39.4%37.9%
Occupancy rateunverified54.6%59.8%54.4%47.5%44.2%42.9%
Average length of stayunverified4.24.84.33.83.53.2
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified7.8%7.1%5.6%6.5%6.8%6.6%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified36.9%51.5%49.0%60.3%54.3%41.1%
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