LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER — financial and operating metrics

CCN 161341, CHARITON, 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 dischargesunverified203204231173187188
Total facility inpatient daysunverified9681,0271,0797268791,018
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$31,143,271$36,467,326$41,898,351$42,725,725$42,408,046$45,139,176
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$11,937,481$14,688,432$16,436,214$17,302,606$12,934,138$12,144,977
Net patient revenueunverified$19,205,790$21,778,894$25,462,137$25,423,119$29,473,908$32,994,199
Total operating expensesunverified$22,588,948$24,399,214$26,555,718$28,941,258$30,607,064$33,841,591
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-3,383,158$-2,620,320$-1,093,581$-3,518,139$-1,133,156$-847,392
Net incomeunverified$969,573$4,585,396$2,503,619$821,305$2,820,531$3,788,728
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$491,453$439,646$515,061$730,629$810,227$1,029,855
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$591,544$607,390$642,169$735,760$901,953$867,897
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$106,184$61,591$104,282$255,286$210,171$423,851
Cost of charity careunverified$77,381$53,063$91,573$234,584$199,069$417,404
Operating marginunverified-17.6%-12.0%-4.3%-13.8%-3.8%-2.6%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified72.5%66.9%63.4%67.7%72.2%75.0%
Occupancy rateunverified10.6%11.3%11.8%8.0%9.6%11.2%
Average length of stayunverified4.85.04.74.24.75.4
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified2.2%1.8%1.9%2.5%2.6%3.0%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified72.9%86.2%87.8%91.9%94.7%98.5%
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