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Short-term acute care hospital · Oberlin, Kansas · 24 beds · CMS certification number 170060

Decatur County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended January 2, 2003, reopened, stamped by CMS December 28, 2005. Eight years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2003 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$3.5M
$3,492,843 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$3.5M
$3,547,569 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$55K
−$54,726 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $4.3M in its first year on file (1996) to $3.5M in 2003.
  • Its result from patient care: $215K (2001), −$89K (2002), −$55K (2003).
  • 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 2003.

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
1996
settled
$4.3M
$4.4M
1997
settled
$3.8M
$4.2M
1998
settled
$4.0M
$4.1M
1999
settled
$4.4M
$4.4M
2000
settled
$4.7M
$4.5M
2001
settled
$4.8M
$4.6M
2002
settled
$1.3M
$1.4M
2003
reopened
$3.5M
$3.5M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Kansas with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2003.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Decatur County Hospital24$3,492,843$3,547,569−1.6%
Great Plains of Greeley County, Tribune18$2,255,163$2,758,217−22.3%
Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center, Wichita24$24,755,188$18,917,58723.6%
Mercy Hospital, Moundridge21$2,047,714$2,089,521−2.0%
The University of Kansas Health System Paola Hospital, Paola20$15,629,366$14,971,1304.2%
St. Luke Hospital, Marion22$672,580$673,516−0.1%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2002.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 170060.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2002.ZIP, read December 28, 2005.