BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER — financial and operating metrics

CCN 161335, INDEPENDENCE, IA · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified252525252525
Total bed days availableunverified9,1509,1259,1259,1259,1509,125
Total facility dischargesunverified209219263211178163
Total facility inpatient daysunverified1,1281,2021,280954742726
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$68,463,112$79,239,528$89,530,599$96,562,824$107,793,456$122,249,005
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$34,732,319$38,090,127$45,184,793$48,922,442$51,012,270$57,122,784
Net patient revenueunverified$33,730,793$41,149,401$44,345,806$47,640,382$56,781,186$65,126,221
Total operating expensesunverified$38,096,770$44,373,448$46,278,215$51,016,425$57,512,848$64,243,305
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-4,365,977$-3,224,047$-1,932,409$-3,376,043$-731,662$882,916
Net incomeunverified$4,995,491$5,560,230$6,811,476$5,455,734$7,871,699$10,483,862
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$1,374,837$1,097,071$621,844$707,344$947,278$1,047,110
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$1,129,759$783,786$904,629$1,213,116$1,610,193$1,879,887
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$1,084,348$735,661$198,800$108,832$199,144$191,127
Cost of charity careunverified$782,816$685,858$165,818$97,496$170,769$163,811
Operating marginunverified-12.9%-7.8%-4.4%-7.1%-1.3%1.4%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified55.6%56.0%51.7%52.8%53.4%52.6%
Occupancy rateunverified12.3%13.2%14.0%10.5%8.1%8.0%
Average length of stayunverified5.45.54.94.54.24.5
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified3.6%2.5%1.3%1.4%1.6%1.6%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified72.2%93.2%83.4%89.6%85.8%85.7%
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