As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

WEST JERSEY HEALTH SYSTEM

CMS id: 310022
100 BOWMAN DRIVE, VOORHEES NJ 8043. County: CAMDEN
System: VIRTUA HEALTH INC
CBSA: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

The 587-bed, acute-care hospital had $73,210,912 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 30.31266% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 1.01% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $33,297,764 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	463 118	463 118	463 119.5	463 118	463 119
Total beds Median	587 162	587 162	587 162	587 162	587 163.5
FTEs Median	3,166.06 788.06	3,040.38 793.42	3,108.94 806.03	3,033.54 787.61	3,268.25 804.34

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	730,004,000 150,932,746	721,235,300 158,950,878	724,410,315 168,696,998	708,623,983 163,454,693	901,330,450 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	689,658,807 149,311,209	740,456,756 156,110,414	736,054,205 164,890,568	732,690,446 166,516,854	828,119,538 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	40,345,193 -964,173	-19,221,456 -643,601.5	-11,643,890 -116,254	-24,066,463 -5,025,862	73,210,912 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	5.53% -0.62	-2.67% -0.29	-1.61% 0.18	-3.40% -5.07	8.12% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for WEST JERSEY 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	195,429,000 5,089,215	25,856,768 4,572,541	-64,753,279 5,268,134	-60,574,304 13,092,619	82,357,754 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	0 199,009	0 206,870.5	0 194,343	0 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	157,176,000 299,524	0 188,688.5	-33,890,991 370,813	-29,241,227 309,361.5	44,339,397 375,329
⊳ 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	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	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	0	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	0 1,987,202	0 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	38,253,000	25,856,768	-30,862,288	-31,333,077	38,018,357
Total income ? Median	235,774,193 6,586,430	6,635,312 6,767,106	-76,397,169 8,419,950	-84,640,767 8,094,175	155,568,666 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	-169,835,590 89,880.5	-129,542,310 106,761	-142,613,379 31,473.5
Net income Median	235,774,193 6,043,842	6,635,312 5,845,112	93,438,421 7,606,259	44,901,543 7,283,041	298,182,045 14,957,241
Net margin Median	25.47718% 4.62%	0.88815% 4.42%	14.16470% 5.16%	6.92872% 5.2%	30.31266% 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 WEST JERSEY 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	113,305,890 23,241,334	111,918,035 23,709,545	100,150,759 24,248,380	100,382,627 22,858,541	102,154,775 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	113,305,890 21,577,146	111,918,035 22,041,594	100,150,759 22,722,063	100,382,627 21,570,441	102,154,775 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	42,629,629 11,160,864	41,891,681 11,987,345	48,318,175 12,926,866	45,840,784 11,884,480	62,617,294 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	32,479,408 10,918,923	32,925,414 11,706,976	39,614,854 12,615,917	35,915,540 11,458,116	48,260,663 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	10,150,221 1,282,808	8,966,267 1,407,728	8,703,321 1,341,512	9,925,244 1,407,046	14,356,631 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	2,869,417 3,284,314	2,640,678 3,250,551	3,142,789 3,386,837	4,303,768 3,360,806	4,602,648 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	1,296,844 594,888	937,196 595,761	705,884 577,894	883,725 542,168	1,173,591 549,667
Outlier Median	6,739,152 582,572	6,387,846 538,116	2,153,136 212,434	3,373,584 126,559	3,741,292 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	15,104,367 3,662,910	15,892,904 3,730,911	28,592,508 4,081,319	33,103,317 4,643,908	33,297,764 4,389,147
Charity care Median	6,461,206 2,654,636	3,544,549 2,940,659	6,664,230 3,380,215	4,929,971 3,488,738	4,363,555 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	11,812,805 5,147,790	6,725,502 5,337,617	6,914,640 5,711,082	5,654,510 5,923,418	8,360,802 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	1.71% 3.24	0.91% 3.12	0.94% 3.21	0.77% 3.3	1.01% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	26,917,172 9,489,989	22,618,406 9,424,297	35,507,148 10,120,158	38,757,827 11,171,337	41,658,566 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	212,534,716 52,142,039	217,475,341 54,485,252	228,574,631 57,395,589	228,157,526 58,830,919	269,953,599 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	30.82 36.68	30.47 36.56	31.05 36.37	31.14 35.93	32.60 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	729,624 2,598,592	538,762 2,686,824	306,250 2,753,773	358,067 2,937,156	236,445 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	1,678,295 1,449,244	4,192,198 1,475,986	1,522,024 1,563,078	3,892,814 1,721,954	10,677,429 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	34,458.35 22,725	55,068.16 23,018.5	21,702.00 24,503.48	44,453.00 25,026.5	70,935.00 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	48.71 64.67	76.13 64.53	70.13 65.06	87.57 68.97	150.52 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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