As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM

CMS id: 170166
445 HILLTOP, ELKHART KS 67950. County: MORTON
System: --
CBSA: Rural Kansas

The 26-bed, acute-care hospital had $-2,492,802 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of -8.26207% in fiscal year 2020, the latest year available.
It spent 4.35% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $305,550 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	gov	gov	gov	gov	--
Acute beds Median	26 118	26 118	26 119.5	26 118	-- 119
Total beds Median	26 162	26 162	26 162	26 162	-- 163.5
FTEs Median	61.08 788.06	67.19 793.42	67.84 806.03	67.55 787.61	-- 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	4,300,873 150,932,746	5,766,556 158,950,878	6,284,240 168,696,998	6,764,172 163,454,693	-- 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	7,424,277 149,311,209	8,710,098 156,110,414	8,317,375 164,890,568	9,256,974 166,516,854	-- 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-3,123,404 -964,173	-2,943,542 -643,601.5	-2,033,135 -116,254	-2,492,802 -5,025,862	-- -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-72.62% -0.62	-51.05% -0.29	-32.35% 0.18	-36.85% -5.07	--% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM 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	1,698,521 5,089,215	1,776,801 4,572,541	1,716,489 5,268,134	1,786,352 13,092,619	-- 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	193 224,999	1,224 199,009	1,082 206,870.5	840 194,343	-- 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	5,281 299,524	5,062 188,688.5	11,581 370,813	20,548 309,361.5	-- 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	1,656,442 1,017,693	1,700,162 983,261.5	1,685,521 1,173,286	1,716,624 1,987,202	-- 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	36,605	70,353	18,305	48,340	--
Total income ? Median	-1,424,883 6,586,430	-1,166,741 6,767,106	-316,646 8,419,950	-706,450 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	-1,424,883 6,043,842	-1,166,741 5,845,112	-316,646 7,606,259	-706,450 7,283,041	-- 14,957,241
Net margin Median	-23.75045% 4.62%	-15.46713% 4.42%	-3.95771% 5.16%	-8.26207% 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 MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM 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	1,265,013 23,241,334	1,161,290 23,709,545	1,396,435 24,248,380	1,214,554 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	1,265,013 21,577,146	1,161,290 22,041,594	1,396,435 22,722,063	1,214,554 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	0 1,845,420	0 1,757,392	0 1,738,842	0 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	1,204,711 11,160,864	1,565,898 11,987,345	1,470,800 12,926,866	1,374,061 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	577,966 10,918,923	579,483 11,706,976	450,749 12,615,917	464,028 11,458,116	-- 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	0 1,282,808	0 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	626,745 618,038	986,415 697,279	1,020,051 690,232	910,033 684,010	-- 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	0 594,888	0 595,761	0 577,894	0 542,168	-- 549,667
Outlier Median	115,093 582,572	68,036 538,116	15,777 212,434	23,343 126,559	-- 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	201,857 3,662,910	203,373 3,730,911	234,568 4,081,319	305,550 4,643,908	-- 4,389,147
Charity care Median	36,999 2,654,636	837 2,940,659	26,004 3,380,215	2,622 3,488,738	-- 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	330,589 5,147,790	319,712 5,337,617	213,483 5,711,082	402,922 5,923,418	-- 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	4.45% 3.24	3.67% 3.12	2.57% 3.21	4.35% 3.3	--% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	532,446 9,489,989	523,085 9,424,297	448,051 10,120,158	708,472 11,171,337	-- 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	3,293,297 52,142,039	3,943,618 54,485,252	4,364,846 57,395,589	4,369,079 58,830,919	-- 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	46.84 36.68	47.36 36.56	54.11 36.37	49.83 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	131,943 1,449,244	157,508 1,475,986	172,344 1,563,078	136,457 1,721,954	-- 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	2,490.00 22,725	2,980.00 23,018.5	2,362.00 24,503.48	1,570.00 25,026.5	-- 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	52.99 64.67	52.86 64.53	72.97 65.06	86.92 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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