As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

POCONO MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 390201
206 EAST BROWN STREET, EAST STROUDSBURG PA 18301. County: MONROE
System: --
CBSA: East Stroudsburg, PA

The 249-bed, acute-care hospital had $64,285,024 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 38.39519% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 2.63% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $8,233,760 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	185 118	173 118	173 119.5	185 118	185 119
Total beds Median	237 162	237 162	237 162	249 162	249 163.5
FTEs Median	1,409.52 788.06	1,267.14 793.42	1,285.28 806.03	1,139.43 787.61	991.98 804.34

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	240,210,157 150,932,746	234,261,500 158,950,878	250,628,000 168,696,998	242,220,871 163,454,693	252,883,683 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	248,402,336 149,311,209	215,862,442 156,110,414	214,402,502 164,890,568	215,719,249 166,516,854	188,598,659 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-8,192,179 -964,173	18,399,058 -643,601.5	36,225,498 -116,254	26,501,622 -5,025,862	64,285,024 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-3.41% -0.62	7.85% -0.29	14.45% 0.18	10.94% -5.07	25.42% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for POCONO 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	11,031,301 5,089,215	2,169,104 4,572,541	6,593,506 5,268,134	21,929,832 13,092,619	53,259,055 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	10,733,840 224,999	0 199,009	722,889 206,870.5	0 194,343	0 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	284,356 299,524	0 188,688.5	4,117,474 370,813	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	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	16,000
⊳ 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	645,383 1,987,202	697,600 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	13,105	2,169,104	1,753,143	21,284,449	52,545,455
Total income ? Median	2,839,122 6,586,430	20,568,162 6,767,106	42,819,004 8,419,950	48,431,454 8,094,175	117,544,079 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	26 146,289.5	0 164,857	4 89,880.5	8,444,170 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	2,839,096 6,043,842	20,568,162 5,845,112	42,819,000 7,606,259	39,987,284 7,283,041	117,544,079 14,957,241
Net margin Median	1.13003% 4.62%	8.69945% 4.42%	16.64674% 5.16%	15.13806% 5.2%	38.39519% 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 POCONO 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	44,559,189 23,241,334	40,221,139 23,709,545	39,049,929 24,248,380	35,655,295 22,858,541	36,162,100 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	43,097,769 21,577,146	36,148,957 22,041,594	34,557,700 22,722,063	31,554,156 21,570,441	31,408,572 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	1,461,420 1,845,420	1,012,221 1,757,392	1,080,550 1,738,842	768,826 1,510,463	1,061,341 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	0 3,535,627	3,059,961 3,746,588	3,411,679 3,782,288	3,332,313 3,865,578	3,692,187 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	28,493,326 11,160,864	26,594,070 11,987,345	24,719,086 12,926,866	24,334,341 11,884,480	24,583,348 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	28,493,326 10,918,923	26,594,070 11,706,976	24,719,086 12,615,917	24,334,341 11,458,116	24,583,348 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	1,142,238 594,888	986,677 595,761	974,571 577,894	743,657 542,168	688,598 549,667
Outlier Median	808,571 582,572	1,031,228 538,116	1,282,011 212,434	270,478 126,559	342,609 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	5,354,605 3,662,910	4,921,976 3,730,911	11,165,620 4,081,319	12,025,409 4,643,908	8,233,760 4,389,147
Charity care Median	2,217,208 2,654,636	878,933 2,940,659	2,268,974 3,380,215	2,473,175 3,488,738	2,964,858 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	8,349,193 5,147,790	5,999,840 5,337,617	7,077,710 5,711,082	6,570,268 5,923,418	4,963,661 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	3.36% 3.24	2.78% 3.12	3.30% 3.21	3.05% 3.3	2.63% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	13,703,798 9,489,989	10,921,816 9,424,297	18,243,330 10,120,158	18,595,677 11,171,337	13,197,421 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	86,568,970 52,142,039	76,402,786 54,485,252	75,966,497 57,395,589	74,147,886 58,830,919	67,562,377 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	34.85 36.68	35.39 36.56	35.43 36.37	34.37 35.93	36.06 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	2,054,056 1,449,244	1,913,523 1,475,986	1,383,525 1,563,078	8,526,449 1,721,954	8,802,171 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	26,743.99 22,725	24,192.00 23,018.5	16,746.00 24,503.48	186,524.00 25,026.5	188,149.04 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	76.80 64.67	79.10 64.53	82.62 65.06	45.71 68.97	46.78 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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