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Critical access hospital · Star Lake, New York · 20 beds · CMS certification number 331307

Clifton-Fine Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended November 11, 2024, as submitted, stamped by CMS April 11, 2025. 25 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2024 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$5.5M
$5,508,472 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$8.4M
$8,413,466 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$2.9M
−$2,904,994 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−52.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $637K in its first year on file (2000) to $5.5M in 2024.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2.3M (2022), −$2.1M (2023), −$2.9M (2024).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2024.

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

25 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2000
reopened
$637K
$669K
2001
reopened
$3.0M
$2.7M
2002
settled
$3.8M
$3.3M
2003
settled
$924K
$1.3M
2004
settled
$3.8M
$5.0M
2005
settled
$4.7M
$4.9M
2006
reopened
$5.2M
$5.6M
2007
settled
$5.5M
$6.2M
2008
settled
$6.2M
$6.6M
2009
settled
$6.1M
$6.9M
2010
settled
$6.4M
$7.1M
2011
settled
$6.4M
$7.4M
2012
settled
$5.9M
$7.8M
2013
settled
$6.1M
$7.5M
2014
settled
$5.5M
$7.1M
2015
settled
$5.2M
$7.1M
2016
settled
$5.2M
$6.8M
2017
settled
$5.7M
$7.3M
2018
settled
$5.6M
$8.1M
2019
settled
$7.8M
$8.4M
2020
settled
$5.8M
$9.8M
2021
settled
$9.7M
$9.9M
2022
settled
$9.0M
$11.3M
2023
settled
$9.4M
$11.5M
2024
as submitted
$5.5M
$8.4M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (critical access hospital), nearest in size, from New York first; each on fiscal year 2024.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Clifton-Fine Hospital20$5,508,472$8,413,466−52.7%
Cuba Memorial Hospital RPCH, Cuba20$12,339,204$12,204,3591.1%
Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown25$76,329,069$63,207,10117.2%
Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills, Callicoon15$13,439,732$5,556,53458.7%
Healthalliance, Margaretville15$17,723,561$30,080,667−69.7%
O'connor Hospital, Delhi16$24,587,030$23,533,0044.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
13
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
449
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
1.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
7.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
16.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by CLIFTON-FINE HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (employer identification number 900909506) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202403179349301700. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by CLIFTON-FINE HEALTH CARE CORPORATION (employer identification number 900909506) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ALLEN DITCHBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
BRITTANI BICKELPHYSICIAN ASSISTANTHighest-compensated employee$159,645$0$6,803
CHELSEA SNYDER-DENNISNURSE ADMINISTRATORHighest-compensated employee$113,982$0$5,388
CHUCK HOOVENBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
DAVID DAUTSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DAVID I MICHAELSONDOCTORHighest-compensated employee$250,349$0$10,481
DIERDRA SORRELLCEO/EX-OFFICIOTrustee/director, Officer$0$184,995$40,881
HALSEY BAGGBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JACQUELINE C SNYDERPHYSICIAN ASSISTANTHighest-compensated employee$171,799$0$5,423
JOHN BURNSBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOHN WHEELERBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
LEEANN SHORTVICE-CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MAJONICA DRAKEBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
MATTHEW ZEGILNURSE PRACTITIONERHighest-compensated employee$226,816$0$14,350
MAXINE BRIGGSCFO/TREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$544,695$48,174
SADIE HALLBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
THOMAS CARMANBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$1,043,591$59,072
THOMAS SAUTERCHAIRPERSONTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0

E-file object id 202403179349301700. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 331307. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read April 11, 2025.