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Short-term acute care hospital · Starbuck, Minnesota · 23 beds · CMS certification number 240160

Western Pope County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, settled, stamped by CMS November 12, 2002. Four years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2000 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$2.3M
$2,335,214 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$2.8M
$2,831,454 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$496K
−$496,240 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−21.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.7M in its first year on file (1997) to $2.3M in 2000.
  • Its result from patient care: −$340K (1998), −$413K (1999), −$496K (2000).
  • 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 2000.

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

Four years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$1.7M
$2.1M
1998
reopened
$1.9M
$2.3M
1999
settled with audit
$2.3M
$2.7M
2000
settled
$2.3M
$2.8M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Minnesota with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2000.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Western Pope County Hospital23$2,335,214$2,831,454−21.3%
Appleton Municipal Hospital, Appleton23$6,579,526$6,649,082−1.1%
Graceville Health Center, Graceville22$4,691,097$4,910,321−4.7%
Johnson Memorial Hospital, Dawson24$5,722,887$6,166,835−7.8%
Minnesota Valley Memorial Hospital, Le Sueur24$5,718,474$6,081,495−6.3%
Waseca Medical Center-MHS, Waseca24$10,204,688$9,849,8903.5%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 240160.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, read November 12, 2002.