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Short-term acute care hospital · Wessington Springs, South Dakota · 24 beds · CMS certification number 430066

Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Cente

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2001, reopened, stamped by CMS August 17, 2006. Five years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2001 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.4M
$1,370,226 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.8M
$1,841,339 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$471K
−$471,113 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−34.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $1.7M in its first year on file (1997) to $1.4M in 2001.
  • Its result from patient care: −$71K (1999), −$62K (2000), −$471K (2001).
  • 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 2001.

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

Five years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$1.7M
$1.5M
1998
settled
$1.5M
$1.5M
1999
settled
$1.5M
$1.5M
2000
settled
$1.4M
$1.5M
2001
reopened
$1.4M
$1.8M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in South Dakota with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2001.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Cente24$1,370,226$1,841,339−34.4%
Black Hills Surgical Hospital, Rapid City23$28,466,841$21,731,95023.7%
De Smet Memorial Hospital, Desmet17$1,097,147$1,275,744−16.3%
Dells Area Health Center, Dell Rapids18$4,503,105$5,719,087−27.0%
Hans P. Peterson Hospital & Nursing, Philip20$3,234,413$3,959,372−22.4%
Northern Hills General Hospital, Deadwood21$4,640,285$5,023,756−8.3%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2001.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 430066.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2001.ZIP, read August 17, 2006.