As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

FREMONT HEALTH

CMS id: 280077
450 EAST 23RD ST, FREMONT NE 68025. County: DODGE
System: NEBRASKA METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM
CBSA: Fremont, NE

The 176-bed, acute-care hospital had $21,022,430 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 23.07405% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 4.11% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $4,323,357 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	457	366	365
Ownership	gov	gov	nfp	nfp	nfp
Acute beds Median	50 118	50 118	50 119.5	50 118	50 119
Total beds Median	176 162	176 162	176 162	176 162	176 163.5
FTEs Median	0.00 788.06	0.00 793.42	2.00 806.03	2.00 787.61	2.00 804.34

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	130,146,742 150,932,746	117,155,299 158,950,878	137,704,425 168,696,998	108,161,999 163,454,693	132,041,000 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	131,187,362 149,311,209	120,833,391 156,110,414	126,960,934 164,890,568	108,280,151 166,516,854	111,018,570 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-1,040,620 -964,173	-3,678,092 -643,601.5	10,743,491 -116,254	-118,152 -5,025,862	21,022,430 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-0.80% -0.62	-3.14% -0.29	7.80% 0.18	-0.11% -5.07	15.92% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for FREMONT HEALTH 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	2,917,248 5,089,215	4,496,857 4,572,541	5,956,391 5,268,134	11,316,152 13,092,619	12,784,000 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	2,326 199,009	0 206,870.5	0 194,343	0 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	197,574 299,524	103,111 188,688.5	2,657,975 370,813	2,232,000 309,361.5	4,946,000 375,329
⊳ 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	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	297,488	0	413,667	9,820,886	7,838,000
⊳ 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	0	0	0	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	257	0	0
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 23: Gov appropriations ? ⊳ Median	0 1,017,693	0 983,261.5	0 1,173,286	-736,734 1,987,202	0 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	2,422,186	4,391,420	2,884,492	--	--
Total income ? Median	1,876,628 6,586,430	818,765 6,767,106	16,699,882 8,419,950	11,198,000 8,094,175	33,806,430 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	389,430 31,473.5
Net income Median	1,876,628 6,043,842	818,765 5,845,112	16,699,882 7,606,259	11,198,000 7,283,041	33,417,000 14,957,241
Net margin Median	1.41032% 4.62%	0.67304% 4.42%	11.62452% 5.16%	9.37242% 5.2%	23.07405% 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 FREMONT HEALTH 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	14,815,698 23,241,334	15,538,581 23,709,545	18,895,701 24,248,380	15,358,257 22,858,541	15,258,848 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	12,815,571 21,577,146	12,834,517 22,041,594	16,447,691 22,722,063	13,687,776 21,570,441	13,378,148 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	385,664 1,845,420	1,074,998 1,757,392	679,413 1,738,842	835,962 1,510,463	524,636 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	1,614,463 1,203,033	1,629,066 1,215,295	1,768,597 1,313,657	834,519 1,365,298	1,356,064 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	14,828,035 11,160,864	14,203,080 11,987,345	15,728,333 12,926,866	9,086,255 11,884,480	10,858,373 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	14,074,960 10,918,923	13,567,206 11,706,976	14,834,293 12,615,917	8,210,956 11,458,116	10,160,800 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	753,075 1,282,808	635,874 1,407,728	894,040 1,341,512	875,299 1,407,046	697,573 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	0 3,284,314	0 3,250,551	0 3,386,837	0 3,360,806	0 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	61,281 594,888	60,982 595,761	64,416 577,894	217,328 542,168	103,210 549,667
Outlier Median	616,186 582,572	723,873 538,116	354,451 212,434	325,756 126,559	81,720 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	0 3,662,910	0 3,730,911	2,550,843 4,081,319	2,078,700 4,643,908	4,323,357 4,389,147
Charity care Median	2,829,446 2,654,636	2,719,639 2,940,659	51,778 3,380,215	2,254,792 3,488,738	3,316,272 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	7,465,402 5,147,790	7,033,203 5,337,617	175,882 5,711,082	2,346,591 5,923,418	4,561,863 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	5.69% 3.24	5.82% 3.12	0.14% 3.21	2.17% 3.3	4.11% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	7,465,402 9,489,989	7,033,203 9,424,297	2,726,725 10,120,158	4,425,291 11,171,337	8,885,220 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	49,943,378 52,142,039	43,196,844 54,485,252	57,733,509 57,395,589	39,474,243 58,830,919	41,093,641 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	41.20 36.68	35.75 36.56	45.47 36.37	36.46 35.93	37.02 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	838,925 1,449,244	889,808 1,475,986	6,327,353 1,563,078	6,747,523 1,721,954	6,366,472 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	6,565.00 22,725	11,712.00 23,018.5	63,504.71 24,503.48	103,250.00 25,026.5	75,482.79 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	127.79 64.67	75.97 64.53	99.64 65.06	65.35 68.97	84.34 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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