As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

BULLOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL

CMS id: 010110
BULLOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL, UNION SPRINGS AL 36089. County: BULLOCK
System: --
CBSA: Rural Alabama

The 54-bed, acute-care hospital had $-4,122,914 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 10.05981% in fiscal year 2020, the latest year available.
It spent 15.66% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $0 in Medicaid shortfall.

* For more about Net Service to Patients and operating revenue, please the finance section below.

Note: Medians are from acute-care hospitals with "complete" fiscal years. For more about how we calculated medians and cost reports in general, please click here.

Details

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
# of days in fyear	365	365	365	366	--
Ownership	forprofit	forprofit	forprofit	forprofit	--
Acute beds Median	30 118	30 118	25 119.5	25 118	-- 119
Total beds Median	54 162	54 162	54 162	54 162	-- 163.5
FTEs Median	147.14 788.06	154.06 793.42	142.95 806.03	152.57 787.61	-- 804.34

Finances As they appear in worksheet G3 of the cost reports.

Note: Net Patient Revenue is considered operating revenue, which means Net Service to Patients is considered operating profit. Click here for more about cost report financials

Hospital cost reports are an enormously complicated dataset. There are whole organizations and an offical CMS vendor dedicated to helping researchers work with the data.
It's important to understand that hospital financials in cost reports are not organized in the same as other sources such as annual financial reports to bond holders.

The biggest difference is the concept of operating revenue and profit. Net Service to patients (NS2P), which is the sum of net patient revenue minus operating expenses, is considered the equivalent of operating profit according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). See the last paragraph of "Primary Data Sources" on page 55 of Annual Analysis of Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments to States (PDF).

That would make Net Patient Revenue = operating revenue.

All this makes things challenging when comparing what's reported in cost reports to other sources. It becomes clearer when you consider that, beyond the purpose of reimbursement, cost reports are a tool for policymakers trying to understand the financial situation of a hospital doing the tasks specific to hospitals.

In other words, while a facility with a division that formulates drugs might include earnings from that as operating revenue in their corporate annual result, this is not central to the operations of a hospital caring for patients and so it is counted as "other income." (See below the financials section for more on "other income")

The healthcare consulting firm HMP, in a former partnership with Modern Healthcare, did develop a formula for estimating operating revenue closer to what one might find in other sources. We no longer use this for the following reasons:

The measure was not widely used beyond HMP and Modern Healthcare. Many hospitals had their own internal estimates of operating revenue and profit.
Because of this, there was confusion when reporting operating results for individual hospitals. There was often pushback when a facility's internal numbers did not match what Modern Healthcare was reporting.
The formula includes revenue from portions of the "other income" section, which may also include non-operating revenue. HMP themselves point out in a caveat on their site that they cannot exclude all non-operating revenue from their measure.

HMP's operating measure has proven problematic in the past for our reporting and the partnership with them ended years ago. It's best to not use a measure that we alone cannot defend.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Net patient revenue ? Median	10,247,060 150,932,746	12,875,323 158,950,878	0 168,696,998	11,369,848 163,454,693	-- 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	11,337,247 149,311,209	13,410,466 156,110,414	14,270,213 164,890,568	15,492,762 166,516,854	-- 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-1,090,187 -964,173	-535,143 -643,601.5	-14,270,213 -116,254	-4,122,914 -5,025,862	-- -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-10.64% -0.62	-4.16% -0.29	--% 0.18	-36.26% -5.07	--% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for BULLOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL compared to all** acute-care hospitals, from CMS cost reports.
Note: NS2P is considered operating margin by MACPAC. The chart below is interactive: click or touch to see more.

* Data range does not show outliers, which fall beyond the minimum and maximum of the range.
** From cost reports with complete fiscal years. Number of acute-care hospitals available to calculate medians:

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
3,157	3,092	3,050	3,052	2,566

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Other income* Median Click here to show/hide details	667,001 5,089,215	1,045,048 4,572,541	0 5,268,134	5,855,780 13,092,619	-- 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	0 199,009	0 206,870.5	0 194,343	-- 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	0 299,524	0 188,688.5	0 370,813	0 309,361.5	-- 375,329
⊳ Line 8: Revenue from telephone service	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
⊳ Line 9: Revenue from tv and radio	--	--	--	--	--
⊳ Line 10: Purchase discounts	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 11: Rebates and refunds of expenses	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 12: Parking lot receipts	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 15: Revenue from rental of living quarters	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 16: Revenue from sale of medical and surgical supplies	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 17: Revenue from sale of drugs to other than patients	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	0	0	0	0	--
⊳ Line 23: Gov appropriations ? ⊳ Median	0 1,017,693	0 983,261.5	0 1,173,286	1,132,627 1,987,202	-- 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	667,001	1,045,048	--	4,723,153	--
Total income ? Median	-423,186 6,586,430	509,905 6,767,106	-14,270,213 8,419,950	1,732,866 8,094,175	-- 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	-- 31,473.5
Net income Median	-423,186 6,043,842	509,905 5,845,112	-14,270,213 7,606,259	1,732,866 7,283,041	-- 14,957,241
Net margin Median	-3.87744% 4.62%	3.66301% 4.42%	--% 5.16%	10.05981% 5.2%	--% 9.25%

* About "Other income": Other income, or line 25 in worksheet G3, is the sum of lines 6 through 24. It includes three lines that are considered non-operating revenue - contributions, investments and government appropriations. Medians are included for these three lines. It also contains items that are not central to providing healthcare, such as revenue from parking or gift shops.
"Sum Line 24" is a special case. Called "Other (specify)" in the cost reports, CMS allows for this line to be "subscripted," or divided into sublines like 002400, 002401, 002402. And hospitals do that, up to 100 lines, to detail income (and sometimes negative returns) that are otherwise not covered in the previous "other" lines. Therefore, "Sum Line 24" is the sum of all the lines 24.

Range* of total profit (loss) margins

= Total margin for BULLOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL compared to all** acute-care hospitals, from CMS cost reports.
The chart below is interactive: click or touch to see more.

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
3,157	3,092	3,050	3,052	2,566

Medicare revenue

Inpatient and outpatient revenue

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
All inpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	2,673,587 23,241,334	2,543,196 23,709,545	2,693,009 24,248,380	2,040,582 22,858,541	-- 23,620,613
"All inpatient revenue" is made up of any Medicare payments for routine inpatient, swingbed SNFs, TEFRA, IPF, IRF, inpatient long-term care, CAH and inpatient SNF facilities. Medians are only calculated when there are sufficient facilities reporting revenue.
⊳ Routine inpatient revenue ⊳ Median	1,758,645 21,577,146	1,505,392 22,041,594	1,684,801 22,722,063	1,171,517 21,570,441	-- 22,140,684
⊳ Swingbeds ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --
⊳ Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act payments (TEFRA) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --
⊳ Inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) ⊳ Median	914,942 1,845,420	1,037,804 1,757,392	1,008,208 1,738,842	869,065 1,510,463	-- 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	0 3,535,627	0 3,746,588	0 3,782,288	0 3,865,578	-- 3,983,889
⊳ Long-term care hospital (LTCH) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --
⊳ Critical-access hospitals ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --
⊳ Skilled-nursing facilities (SNF) ⊳ Median	0 1,203,033	0 1,215,295	0 1,313,657	0 1,365,298	-- 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	444,884 11,160,864	272,936 11,987,345	216,371 12,926,866	213,178 11,884,480	-- 13,145,163
"All outpatient revenue" is made up of any payments for routine outpatient, HHA, CMHC, rural health and other federally-qualified health clinics. Medians are only calculated when there are sufficient facilities reporting revenue.
⊳ Routine outpatient revenue ⊳ Median	312,772 10,918,923	238,709 11,706,976	182,641 12,615,917	168,480 11,458,116	-- 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	132,112 1,282,808	34,227 1,407,728	0 1,341,512	0 1,407,046	-- 1,476,867
⊳ Community mental health clinics (CMHC) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --
⊳ Rural health clinics ⊳ Median	0 618,038	0 697,279	33,730 690,232	44,698 684,010	-- 670,558
⊳ Other federally qualified health clinics ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	-- --

Other payments

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Median	0 3,284,314	0 3,250,551	0 3,386,837	0 3,360,806	-- 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	29,916 594,888	23,727 595,761	27,637 577,894	16,446 542,168	-- 549,667
Outlier Median	1,754 582,572	0 538,116	0 212,434	4,517 126,559	-- 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	0 3,662,910	290,286 3,730,911	0 4,081,319	0 4,643,908	-- 4,389,147
Charity care Median	70,050 2,654,636	9,744 2,940,659	15,962 3,380,215	24,834 3,488,738	-- 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	1,091,255 5,147,790	666,955 5,337,617	900,090 5,711,082	2,425,438 5,923,418	-- 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	9.63% 3.24	4.97% 3.12	6.31% 3.21	15.66% 3.3	--% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	1,091,255 9,489,989	957,241 9,424,297	900,090 10,120,158	2,425,438 11,171,337	-- 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	6,081,293 52,142,039	7,367,946 54,485,252	7,694,624 57,395,589	7,976,502 58,830,919	-- 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	53.64 36.68	54.94 36.56	53.92 36.37	51.49 35.93	-- 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	0 2,598,592	0 2,686,824	0 2,753,773	0 2,937,156	-- 2,909,848
Contract intern, resident salaries* Median	0 1,251,927	0 1,186,494	0 1,204,885	0 1,279,653	-- 1,469,317
Contract adjusted salaries, direct-care Median	0 1,449,244	34,826 1,475,986	269,268 1,563,078	316,727 1,721,954	-- 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	0.00 22,725	627.11 23,018.5	4,909.00 24,503.48	5,234.33 25,026.5	-- 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	0.00 64.67	55.53 64.53	54.85 65.06	60.51 68.97	-- 88.94

* in an approved program

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Cost reports are self-reported by the facility, are subject to revision and should be considered preliminary.

* Net Service to patients (NS2P) equals net patient revenue minus operating expenses. NS2P is considered the equivalent of operating profit according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). See the last paragraph of "Primary Data Sources" on page 55 of Annual Analysis of Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments to States (PDF).

About medians

Medians are calculated from reports with "complete" fiscal years, or reports with fiscal years of at least 300 days and no more than 420 days.

In cases where there are fewer than 50 values reported, medians are not calculated. For childrens' hospitals, it's when fewer than 20 are reported.

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