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Short-term acute care hospital · Emmetsburg, Iowa · 32 beds · CMS certification number 160118

Palo Alto County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, settled, stamped by CMS August 30, 2005. Eight years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2004 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$12.8M
$12,833,021 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$13.7M
$13,664,910 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$832K
−$831,889 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−6.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $6.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $12.8M in 2004.
  • Its result from patient care: −$473K (2002), −$721K (2003), −$832K (2004).
  • 4 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 2004.

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

Eight years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$6.2M
$5.9M
1998
settled
$7.2M
$6.9M
1999
reopened
$7.9M
$8.5M
2000
settled
$22.6M
$10.5M
2001
reopened
$10.0M
$11.1M
2002
reopened
$11.9M
$12.4M
2003
reopened
$12.6M
$13.4M
2004
settled
$12.8M
$13.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Iowa with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2004.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Palo Alto County Hospital32$12,833,021$13,664,910−6.5%
Ellsworth Municipal Hospital, Iowa Falls30$12,680,999$11,744,1207.4%
Jefferson County Hospital, Fairfield31$18,077,271$20,017,938−10.7%
Loring Hospital, Sac City33$7,066,165$7,611,705−7.7%
Mercy Medical Center - Centerville, Centerville34$15,310,932$16,551,640−8.1%
Sioux Valley Memorial Hosp-Cherokee, Cherokee40$10,345,173$11,264,407−8.9%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2003.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 160118.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2003.ZIP, read August 30, 2005.