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Short-term acute care hospital · St. Paul, Nebraska · 43 beds · CMS certification number 280084

Howard County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, settled, stamped by CMS February 28, 2002. Four years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2000 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$4.5M
$4,515,547 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$4.9M
$4,884,310 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$369K
−$368,763 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−8.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $2.5M in its first year on file (1997) to $4.5M in 2000.
  • Its result from patient care: −$227K (1998), −$266K (1999), −$369K (2000).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2000.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

Four years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$2.5M
$2.5M
1998
reopened
$3.3M
$3.5M
1999
settled
$3.8M
$4.0M
2000
settled
$4.5M
$4.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Nebraska with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2000.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Howard County Hospital43$4,515,547$4,884,310−8.2%
Chadron Community Hospital, Chadron42$6,843,606$8,946,550−30.7%
Cherry County Hospital, Valentine44$5,565,710$5,421,5002.6%
Community Hospital Assoc. of McCook, Mccook44$33,734,747$14,233,75257.8%
Community Medical Center, Falls City43$7,511,604$8,058,040−7.3%
Pender Comm. Hospital District, Pender44$4,247,042$4,282,681−0.8%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 280084.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, read February 28, 2002.