As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

ST. JOSEPHS OF ATLANTA

CMS id: 110082
5665 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY, ATLANTA GA 30542. County: FULTON
System: --
CBSA: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA

The 364-bed, acute-care hospital had $35,769,129 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 7.80514% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 4.10% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $7,258,870 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	365
Ownership	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
Acute beds Median	224 118	218 118	290 119.5	282 118	298 119
Total beds Median	278 162	274 162	356 162	348 162	364 163.5
FTEs Median	1,466.97 788.06	1,565.00 793.42	1,841.00 806.03	1,871.00 787.61	1,861.52 804.34

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	342,126,095 150,932,746	370,174,991 158,950,878	453,447,417 168,696,998	461,073,032 163,454,693	527,711,050 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	344,370,177 149,311,209	360,793,740 156,110,414	439,998,639 164,890,568	444,453,850 166,516,854	491,941,921 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-2,244,082 -964,173	9,381,251 -643,601.5	13,448,778 -116,254	16,619,182 -5,025,862	35,769,129 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-0.66% -0.62	2.53% -0.29	2.97% 0.18	3.60% -5.07	6.78% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for ST. JOSEPHS OF ATLANTA 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	27,537,228 5,089,215	30,546,399 4,572,541	31,054,022 5,268,134	29,871,069 13,092,619	52,335,050 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	16,140,687 224,999	17,755,208 199,009	20,656,502 206,870.5	21,968,825 194,343	20,898,089 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	2,925,270 299,524	649,967 188,688.5	1,790,130 370,813	1,566,414 309,361.5	1,965,464 375,329
⊳ 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	0
⊳ Line 11: Rebates and refunds of expenses	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 12: Parking lot receipts	730,767	568,581	609,271	469,772	438,323
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	1,859,268	1,999,462	2,272,941	1,670,646	1,148,701
⊳ Line 15: Revenue from rental of living quarters	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 16: Revenue from sale of medical and surgical supplies	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 17: Revenue from sale of drugs to other than patients	2,405,789	2,152,446	5,062	0	0
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	0	2,025,174	2,056,866	2,097,411	3,090,275
⊳ Line 23: Gov appropriations ? ⊳ Median	0 1,017,693	0 983,261.5	0 1,173,286	0 1,987,202	0 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	3,475,447	5,395,561	3,663,250	2,098,001	24,794,198
Total income ? Median	25,293,146 6,586,430	39,927,650 6,767,106	44,502,800 8,419,950	46,490,251 8,094,175	88,104,179 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	8,918,050 146,289.5	10,436,068 164,857	63,330,683 89,880.5	39,318,037 106,761	42,830,790 31,473.5
Net income Median	16,375,096 6,043,842	29,491,582 5,845,112	-18,827,883 7,606,259	7,172,214 7,283,041	45,273,389 14,957,241
Net margin Median	4.42973% 4.62%	7.35962% 4.42%	-3.88603% 5.16%	1.46090% 5.2%	7.80514% 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 ST. JOSEPHS OF ATLANTA 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	77,265,834 23,241,334	74,693,147 23,709,545	75,713,335 24,248,380	68,980,338 22,858,541	74,687,538 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	77,265,834 21,577,146	74,693,147 22,041,594	75,713,335 22,722,063	68,980,338 21,570,441	74,687,538 22,140,684
⊳ Swingbeds ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act payments (TEFRA) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) ⊳ Median	0 1,845,420	0 1,757,392	0 1,738,842	0 1,510,463	0 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	0 3,535,627	0 3,746,588	0 3,782,288	0 3,865,578	0 3,983,889
⊳ Long-term care hospital (LTCH) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Critical-access hospitals ⊳ Median	0 --	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	0 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	32,951,216 11,160,864	34,370,940 11,987,345	35,531,572 12,926,866	31,646,018 11,884,480	36,857,113 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	32,951,216 10,918,923	34,370,940 11,706,976	35,531,572 12,615,917	31,646,018 11,458,116	36,857,113 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	0 1,282,808	0 1,407,728	0 1,341,512	0 1,407,046	0 1,476,867
⊳ Community mental health clinics (CMHC) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Rural health clinics ⊳ Median	0 618,038	0 697,279	0 690,232	0 684,010	0 670,558
⊳ Other federally qualified health clinics ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

Other payments

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Median	637,872 3,284,314	635,122 3,250,551	441,430 3,386,837	414,954 3,360,806	434,121 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	0 594,888	0 595,761	0 577,894	0 542,168	0 549,667
Outlier Median	3,940,988 582,572	4,254,120 538,116	4,931,902 212,434	295,912 126,559	385,246 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	3,416,606 3,662,910	4,409,581 3,730,911	5,701,196 4,081,319	7,023,713 4,643,908	7,258,870 4,389,147
Charity care Median	11,250,688 2,654,636	13,297,974 2,940,659	15,154,549 3,380,215	12,220,101 3,488,738	12,852,613 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	17,728,278 5,147,790	19,405,299 5,337,617	24,744,786 5,711,082	19,496,993 5,923,418	20,167,394 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	5.15% 3.24	5.38% 3.12	5.62% 3.21	4.39% 3.3	4.10% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	21,144,884 9,489,989	23,814,880 9,424,297	30,445,982 10,120,158	26,520,706 11,171,337	27,426,264 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	103,222,123 52,142,039	113,515,710 54,485,252	135,387,013 57,395,589	146,158,439 58,830,919	155,040,022 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	29.97 36.68	31.46 36.56	30.77 36.37	32.88 35.93	31.52 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	0 2,598,592	0 2,686,824	0 2,753,773	0 2,937,156	0 2,909,848
Contract intern, resident salaries* Median	0 1,251,927	0 1,186,494	0 1,204,885	0 1,279,653	0 1,469,317
Contract adjusted salaries, direct-care Median	4,454,798 1,449,244	5,992,989 1,475,986	20,048,781 1,563,078	12,558,702 1,721,954	29,310,611 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	64,146.25 22,725	80,494.94 23,018.5	294,877.47 24,503.48	172,878.00 25,026.5	270,417.40 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	69.45 64.67	74.45 64.53	67.99 65.06	72.64 68.97	108.39 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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