As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE INC

CMS id: 220070
170 GOVERNORS AVE, MEDFORD MA 2155. County: MIDDLESEX
System: WELLFORCE INC.
CBSA: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

The 216-bed, acute-care hospital had $-30,862,398 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 7.83995% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 1.65% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $4,896,340 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	179 118	138 118	138 119.5	138 118	138 119
Total beds Median	267 162	216 162	216 162	216 162	216 163.5
FTEs Median	1,575.15 788.06	2,269.14 793.42	2,653.12 806.03	2,844.74 787.61	2,674.60 804.34

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	238,574,469 150,932,746	225,683,277 158,950,878	221,087,646 168,696,998	194,989,856 163,454,693	215,012,867 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	260,827,948 149,311,209	233,537,536 156,110,414	227,360,595 164,890,568	231,373,574 166,516,854	245,875,265 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-22,253,479 -964,173	-7,854,259 -643,601.5	-6,272,949 -116,254	-36,383,718 -5,025,862	-30,862,398 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-9.33% -0.62	-3.48% -0.29	-2.84% 0.18	-18.66% -5.07	-14.35% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE INC 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	30,117,309 5,089,215	27,947,605 4,572,541	26,864,223 5,268,134	88,290,554 13,092,619	51,418,530 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	-328,301 224,999	-388,203 199,009	-756,426 206,870.5	-190,880 194,343	281,383 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	9,333,399 299,524	8,775,669 188,688.5	7,149,555 370,813	8,498,446 309,361.5	24,664,075 375,329
⊳ Line 8: Revenue from telephone service	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
⊳ Line 9: Revenue from tv and radio	--	--	--	--	--
⊳ Line 10: Purchase discounts	95,234	58,821	18,018	1,471	0
⊳ Line 11: Rebates and refunds of expenses	0	0	0	0	64,009
⊳ Line 12: Parking lot receipts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 15: Revenue from rental of living quarters	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 16: Revenue from sale of medical and surgical supplies	43,083	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 17: Revenue from sale of drugs to other than patients	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	140,522	112,564	82,819	79,902	56,707
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	4,121,114	4,426,023	4,822,482	4,680,356	4,678,922
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	73,741	69,228	67,231	-7,687	-581
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	1,237,664	1,790,736	1,767,431	1,696,642	2,376,892
⊳ 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	15,390,068	13,092,707	13,705,317	73,522,985	19,290,322
Total income ? Median	7,863,830 6,586,430	20,093,346 6,767,106	20,591,274 8,419,950	51,906,836 8,094,175	20,556,132 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	-294,206 106,761	-331,947 31,473.5
Net income Median	7,863,830 6,043,842	20,093,346 5,845,112	20,591,274 7,606,259	52,201,042 7,283,041	20,888,079 14,957,241
Net margin Median	2.92671% 4.62%	7.92228% 4.42%	8.30454% 5.16%	18.42734% 5.2%	7.83995% 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 MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE INC 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	51,186,550 23,241,334	49,833,761 23,709,545	50,389,327 24,248,380	48,253,403 22,858,541	47,739,059 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	41,220,786 21,577,146	40,051,585 22,041,594	41,992,390 22,722,063	38,864,028 21,570,441	39,759,838 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	9,965,764 1,845,420	9,782,176 1,757,392	8,396,937 1,738,842	9,389,375 1,510,463	7,979,221 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	28,595,549 11,160,864	23,478,298 11,987,345	24,650,744 12,926,866	19,395,480 11,884,480	21,074,652 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	28,595,549 10,918,923	23,478,298 11,706,976	24,650,744 12,615,917	19,395,480 11,458,116	21,074,652 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	196,477 3,284,314	290,730 3,250,551	418,091 3,386,837	491,744 3,360,806	511,427 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	499,840 594,888	520,683 595,761	543,427 577,894	428,787 542,168	647,761 549,667
Outlier Median	592,715 582,572	632,664 538,116	119,303 212,434	42,175 126,559	78,302 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	1,603,777 3,662,910	3,724,966 3,730,911	1,310,427 4,081,319	3,907,707 4,643,908	4,896,340 4,389,147
Charity care Median	529,584 2,654,636	340,826 2,940,659	1,530,658 3,380,215	725,810 3,488,738	952,604 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	3,616,796 5,147,790	3,680,943 5,337,617	5,108,215 5,711,082	4,069,119 5,923,418	4,057,124 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	1.39% 3.24	1.58% 3.12	2.25% 3.21	1.76% 3.3	1.65% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	5,220,573 9,489,989	7,405,909 9,424,297	6,418,642 10,120,158	7,976,826 11,171,337	8,953,464 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	128,337,699 52,142,039	115,837,665 54,485,252	106,142,812 57,395,589	105,005,158 58,830,919	105,679,332 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	49.20 36.68	49.60 36.56	46.68 36.37	45.38 35.93	42.98 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	648,551 1,449,244	826,557 1,475,986	1,680,298 1,563,078	492,715 1,721,954	1,943,088 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	10,913.00 22,725	15,835.54 23,018.5	25,750.11 24,503.48	10,843.81 25,026.5	32,562.00 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	59.43 64.67	52.20 64.53	65.25 65.06	45.44 68.97	59.67 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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