As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

CMS id: 340068
500 JEFFERSON STREET, WHITEVILLE NC 28472. County: COLUMBUS
System: --
CBSA: Rural North Carolina

The 154-bed, acute-care hospital had $-2,744,143 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 11.56008% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 6.04% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $601,423 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	gov	gov	gov	gov	gov
Acute beds Median	144 118	144 118	144 119.5	144 118	144 119
Total beds Median	154 162	154 162	154 162	154 162	154 163.5
FTEs Median	535.36 788.06	543.04 793.42	506.03 806.03	472.26 787.61	490.20 804.34

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	78,981,192 150,932,746	80,112,525 158,950,878	77,913,004 168,696,998	76,842,749 163,454,693	96,670,878 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	75,147,594 149,311,209	78,393,399 156,110,414	80,752,919 164,890,568	83,184,239 166,516,854	99,415,021 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	3,833,598 -964,173	1,719,126 -643,601.5	-2,839,915 -116,254	-6,341,490 -5,025,862	-2,744,143 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	4.85% -0.62	2.15% -0.29	-3.64% 0.18	-8.25% -5.07	-2.84% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE 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	5,362,618 5,089,215	3,781,810 4,572,541	4,316,584 5,268,134	11,912,196 13,092,619	15,738,791 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	351,637 224,999	36,233 199,009	7,449 206,870.5	35,445 194,343	815,403 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	3,866,874 299,524	1,930,862 188,688.5	519,117 370,813	2,850,267 309,361.5	2,990,347 375,329
⊳ 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	442,793	443,956	448,374	385,276	354,998
⊳ 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	13,715	545,651	1,516,850	2,060,118	1,300,226
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	3,290	4,128	241	475	365
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	15,126	72,625	37,227	21,484	11,245
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	102,460	119,358	131,962	60,666	28,719
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	3,645	6,925	11,367	13,289	5,832
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	187,611	346,180	312,706	271,303	279,074
⊳ 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	375,467	275,892	1,331,291	6,213,873	9,952,582
Total income ? Median	9,196,216 6,586,430	5,500,936 6,767,106	1,476,669 8,419,950	5,570,706 8,094,175	12,994,648 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	824,927 146,289.5	46,775 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	8,371,289 6,043,842	5,454,161 5,845,112	1,476,669 7,606,259	5,570,706 7,283,041	12,994,648 14,957,241
Net margin Median	9.92520% 4.62%	6.50123% 4.42%	1.79579% 5.16%	6.27650% 5.2%	11.56008% 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 COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE 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	16,181,625 23,241,334	15,089,994 23,709,545	14,116,952 24,248,380	13,960,229 22,858,541	14,396,359 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	16,181,625 21,577,146	15,089,994 22,041,594	14,116,952 22,722,063	13,960,229 21,570,441	14,396,359 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	11,128,127 11,160,864	10,384,139 11,987,345	8,303,791 12,926,866	8,123,175 11,884,480	8,955,254 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	11,128,127 10,918,923	10,384,139 11,706,976	8,303,791 12,615,917	8,123,175 11,458,116	8,955,254 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	0 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	647,797 594,888	509,966 595,761	545,629 577,894	450,847 542,168	377,856 549,667
Outlier Median	207,383 582,572	297,241 538,116	61,327 212,434	58,515 126,559	80,569 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	393 3,662,910	64 3,730,911	67,851 4,081,319	0 4,643,908	601,423 4,389,147
Charity care Median	1,506,510 2,654,636	1,651,448 2,940,659	780,229 3,380,215	437,589 3,488,738	2,410,172 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	4,686,147 5,147,790	5,394,805 5,337,617	4,741,829 5,711,082	4,147,043 5,923,418	6,002,357 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	6.24% 3.24	6.88% 3.12	5.87% 3.21	4.99% 3.3	6.04% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	4,686,540 9,489,989	5,394,869 9,424,297	4,809,680 10,120,158	4,147,043 11,171,337	6,603,780 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	27,099,704 52,142,039	27,417,123 54,485,252	29,041,428 57,395,589	28,444,038 58,830,919	31,927,998 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	36.06 36.68	34.97 36.56	35.96 36.37	34.19 35.93	32.12 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	2,064,232 1,449,244	2,745,052 1,475,986	2,580,058 1,563,078	2,611,116 1,721,954	7,306,877 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	44,934.22 22,725	55,932.00 23,018.5	53,443.95 24,503.48	47,827.63 25,026.5	78,367.23 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	45.94 64.67	49.08 64.53	48.28 65.06	54.59 68.97	93.24 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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