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Short-term acute care hospital · Keosauqua, Iowa · 40 beds · CMS certification number 160054

Van Buren County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2002, settled, stamped by CMS September 11, 2003. Six years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2002 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$6.0M
$6,014,866 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$6.9M
$6,879,017 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$864K
−$864,151 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−14.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $4.7M in its first year on file (1997) to $6.0M in 2002.
  • Its result from patient care: −$963K (2000), −$993K (2001), −$864K (2002).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2002.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

Six years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$4.7M
$5.4M
1998
settled
$5.4M
$6.3M
1999
settled
$6.1M
$7.0M
2000
settled
$6.7M
$7.6M
2001
reopened
$7.1M
$8.1M
2002
settled
$6.0M
$6.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Iowa with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2002.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Van Buren County Hospital40$6,014,866$6,879,017−14.4%
Horn Memorial Hospital - Ida Grove, Ida Grove42$8,021,387$7,959,9110.8%
Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr40$7,204,618$7,630,279−5.9%
Shelby County Myrtue Hospital, Harlan40$13,070,335$12,916,8111.2%
Shenandoah Memorial Hospital, Shenandoah43$11,987,868$12,559,517−4.8%
Sioux Valley Memorial Hosp-Cherokee, Cherokee40$13,814,014$14,438,441−4.5%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2001.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 160054.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2001.ZIP, read September 11, 2003.