As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 310041
99 ROUTE 37S, TOMS RIVER NJ 8755. County: OCEAN
System: RWJBARNABAS HEALTH
CBSA: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

The 438-bed, acute-care hospital had $-20,355,248 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of -0.92359% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 2.59% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $4,374,126 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	251 118	374 118	374 119.5	374 118	236 119
Total beds Median	449 162	449 162	449 162	449 162	438 163.5
FTEs Median	1,981.94 788.06	1,994.21 793.42	2,029.05 806.03	1,895.76 787.61	1,960.47 804.34

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	376,165,607 150,932,746	388,093,909 158,950,878	391,908,422 168,696,998	365,628,151 163,454,693	443,206,400 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	352,673,271 149,311,209	371,105,110 156,110,414	378,392,941 164,890,568	408,121,777 166,516,854	463,561,648 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	23,492,336 -964,173	16,988,799 -643,601.5	13,515,481 -116,254	-42,493,626 -5,025,862	-20,355,248 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	6.25% -0.62	4.38% -0.29	3.45% 0.18	-11.62% -5.07	-4.59% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER 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	4,531,081 5,089,215	3,587,002 4,572,541	3,249,829 5,268,134	47,308,585 13,092,619	16,113,017 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	0 299,524	0 188,688.5	0 370,813	0 309,361.5	0 375,329
⊳ 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	326,020	299,511	282,756	111,739	0
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	286,479	284,871	372,153	387,554	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	96,686	135,882	83,102	36,954	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	3,821,896	2,866,738	2,511,818	46,772,338	16,113,017
Total income ? Median	28,023,417 6,586,430	20,575,801 6,767,106	16,765,310 8,419,950	4,814,959 8,094,175	-4,242,231 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	28,023,417 6,043,842	20,575,801 5,845,112	16,765,310 7,606,259	4,814,959 7,283,041	-4,242,231 14,957,241
Net margin Median	7.36109% 4.62%	5.25320% 4.42%	4.24268% 5.16%	1.16603% 5.2%	-0.92359% 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 COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER 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	111,195,135 23,241,334	111,793,122 23,709,545	109,338,753 24,248,380	102,809,177 22,858,541	106,615,371 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	108,828,854 21,577,146	109,217,634 22,041,594	106,711,153 22,722,063	100,584,043 21,570,441	105,227,492 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	2,366,281 1,203,033	2,575,488 1,215,295	2,627,600 1,313,657	2,225,134 1,365,298	1,387,879 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	48,992,201 11,160,864	54,933,165 11,987,345	52,549,841 12,926,866	42,163,376 11,884,480	47,754,780 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	48,992,201 10,918,923	54,933,165 11,706,976	52,549,841 12,615,917	42,163,376 11,458,116	47,754,780 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	0 3,284,314	0 3,250,551	0 3,386,837	0 3,360,806	1,484,958 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	714,323 594,888	622,432 595,761	608,562 577,894	610,515 542,168	0 549,667
Outlier Median	1,069,997 582,572	1,077,140 538,116	18,137 212,434	6,567 126,559	63,722 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	1,414,278 3,662,910	1,336,087 3,730,911	2,577,840 4,081,319	8,988,621 4,643,908	4,374,126 4,389,147
Charity care Median	7,061,732 2,654,636	17,534,745 2,940,659	7,328,242 3,380,215	43,882,149 3,488,738	9,214,263 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	9,489,954 5,147,790	20,238,718 5,337,617	10,649,859 5,711,082	46,295,998 5,923,418	11,986,662 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	2.69% 3.24	5.45% 3.12	2.81% 3.21	11.34% 3.3	2.59% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	10,904,232 9,489,989	21,574,805 9,424,297	13,227,699 10,120,158	55,284,619 11,171,337	16,360,788 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	135,026,592 52,142,039	141,899,478 54,485,252	140,662,278 57,395,589	147,967,375 58,830,919	157,029,980 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	38.29 36.68	38.24 36.56	37.17 36.37	36.26 35.93	33.87 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	1,073,595 1,449,244	1,076,464 1,475,986	1,623,850 1,563,078	1,599,650 1,721,954	18,404,533 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	14,413.08 22,725	14,178.09 23,018.5	24,222.48 24,503.48	21,182.65 25,026.5	125,008.36 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	74.49 64.67	75.92 64.53	67.04 65.06	75.52 68.97	147.23 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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