Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospital Total Operating Losses $4.2 Bil For 10 Years 2003-2012 or 9.9% of Revenues.....Screaming Out For Medicaid Expansion

Just recently, the State of Florida included on its Agency for Health Care Administration website (ahca.myflorida.com) its 2012 Hospital Financial Data.  This very informative information came from financial data filed by Florida Hospitals with the Agency.  I think it would be very helpful to State citizens if other States would follow the State of Florida's outstanding financial transparency lead here.

In this third post on this Florida Hospital Financial Data, I will cover key aspects of the General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals.

The first thing that really stuck out to me is how the Total Operating Losses of these Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals have been so huge each and every year from 2003 to 2012.

Every year had Total Operating Losses in excess of $300 mil, and at least 7.0% of Total Operating Revenues each year.  And for the 10 years combined, the Total Operating Losses were a staggering $4.169 bil, or 9.9% of Total Operating Revenues.

Below here are the Total Operating Losses, Total Operating Revenues and the Total Operating Loss Margin Percentage for all of the Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals for each of the 10 years from 2003 to 2012:

Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals



Operating

Total Total Loss

Operating Operating Margin

Losses Revenues %

$000s $000s




2003          (334,559)            3,059,642 -10.9%
2004          (388,192)            3,253,802 -11.9%
2005          (343,012)            3,573,287 -9.6%
2006          (376,960)            3,862,826 -9.8%
2007          (471,482)            4,197,872 -11.2%
2008          (495,301)            4,395,809 -11.3%
2009          (653,606)            4,786,930 -13.7%
2010          (418,166)            5,029,392 -8.3%
2011          (357,149)            5,113,977 -7.0%
2012          (330,575)            4,737,403 -7.0%




Ten Year Total       (4,169,002)          42,010,940 -9.9%

The chart below shows the 2012 above amounts for each of the 21 Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals:




2012



Operating


2012 2012 Income


Operating Total (Loss)


Income Operating Margin
County Hospital Name (Loss) Revenues %


$000s $000s
Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals


Miami-Dade Jackson Memorial Hospital         (321,036)            1,040,449 -30.9%
Broward Memorial Regional Hospital           (21,462)               746,867 -2.9%
Volusia Halifax Health Medical Center           (18,175)               400,801 -4.5%
Broward Broward Health Medical Center           (13,599)               410,433 -3.3%
Hendry Henry Regional Medical Center           (12,294)                 13,302 -92.4%
Palm Beach Lakeside Medical Center           (10,652)                 28,479 -37.4%
Broward Broward Health North             (8,138)               192,966 -4.2%
Broward Memorial Hospital Pembroke             (7,038)               111,266 -6.3%
Broward Broward Health Imperial Point             (6,838)                 97,339 -7.0%
Desoto Desoto Memorial Hospital             (5,411)                 26,731 -20.2%
Sarasota Sarasota Memorial Hospital             (5,014)               437,666 -1.1%
Jackson Jackson Hospital             (1,790)                 43,463 -4.1%
Franklin Weems Memorial Hospital             (1,362)                    6,208 -21.9%
Holmes Doctors Memorial Hospital                 (715)                 12,233 -5.8%
Marion Munroe Regional Medical Center                 (569)               294,446 -0.2%
Jackson Campbellton-Graceville Hospital                 (343)                    6,516 -5.3%
Broward Broward Health Coral Springs                  212               142,088 0.1%
Baker Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital               5,016                 17,460 28.7%
Brevard Parrish Medical Center               5,181               141,351 3.7%
Broward Memorial Hospital Miramar             29,442               159,305 18.5%
Broward Memorial Hospital West             64,010               408,034 15.7%




Total all 21 General Acute Care Local Government Hospitals         (330,575)            4,737,403 -7.0%

Yeah, 16 of these 21 Florida General Acute Care Local Government Hospitals had Operating Losses in 2012.

Florida taxpayers are funding these substantial Operating Losses, mostly through Property Taxes.

The second thing that really stuck out to me is how these substantial Operating Losses are being driven by just huge Total Provisions for Bad Debts.

In 2012, there were Total Operating Losses of $331 mil.  Also in 2012, there were Total Provisions for Bad Debts of a massive $1.581 bil, which caused and were nearly 5 times these Total Operating Losses of $331 mil.

And the third thing that really stuck out to me is how substantial the Total Uncompensated Charity Care Charges Foregone were in 2012.....another huge $1.396 bil. 

With the ACA, a significant portion of these 2 items will be eliminated, thereby markedly increasing the Patient Service Fee Income of nearly every Florida Local Government Hospital, and thereby also turning these Total Operating Losses into Total Operating Income.  And if Florida were to fully expand Medicaid, a huge portion of these 2 items will be eliminated, thereby very substantially increasing the Patient Service Fee Income and also the Income of nearly every Florida Local Government Hospital, and thereby turning these Total Operating Losses into a very substantial Total Operating Income.

Yeah, I think it is time for the Florida State Legislature to step up and take the economically sound, fair and patriotic approach and vote for full expansion of Medicaid in Florida.


Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospital Operating Income Up 303% Under Obama and the ACA Through 2012

Just recently, the State of Florida included on its Agency for Health Care Administration website (ahca.myflorida.com) its 2012 Hospital Financial Data.  This very informative information came from financial data filed by Florida Hospitals with the Agency.  I think it would be very helpful to State citizens if other States would follow the State of Florida's outstanding financial transparency lead here.

In this second post on this Florida Hospital Financial Data, I will cover key aspects of the General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals.  There were 84 of them reporting their financial data to the State of Florida in 2012.

What stuck out to me is how the Total Profits of these Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals have dramatically increased during the Obama Administration and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through 2012.

In 2008, the last year of the Bush 2 Administration, the Total Operating Income of all Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals was $231.5 mil, which was 2.6% of Total Operating Revenues of $8.930 bil.

In 2012, this Total Operating Income of all Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals was $932.0 mil, which was 8.3% of Total Operating Revenues of $11.177 bil.

Thus for the first 4 years of the Obama Administration, this Total Operating Income Margin Percentage increased by a substantial 219% from 2.6% in 2008 to 8.3% in 2012.

In dollar terms, this Operating Income Margin increased even more so during the first 4 years of the Obama Administration or by a spectacular 303%, going from $231.5 mil in 2008 to $932.0 bil in 2012.

It is very easy for me to understand why so many in the Hospital Industry like both the Obama Administration and the ACA so much.....they have flat out thrived during them.

The chart below shows the Total Operating Income, Total Operating Revenues and Total Operating Margin Percentages of all Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals for each of the 5 years from 2008 to 2012:

Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals



Operating

Total Total Income

Operating Operating Margin

Income Revenues %

$000s $000s




2008           231,453            8,930,475 2.6%
2009           606,204            9,354,703 6.5%
2010           738,398            9,747,779 7.6%
2011           914,520          10,585,838 8.6%
2012           932,014          11,177,230 8.3%

The chart below shows the 2012 above amounts for each of the 84 Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals:




2012



Operating


2012 2012 Income


Operating Total (Loss)


Income Operating Margin
County Hospital Name (Loss) Revenues %


$000s $000s
Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals


Monroe Depoo Hospital             29,652                 95,055 31.2%
Bay Gulf Coast Medical Center             42,152               175,657 24.0%
Polk Heart of Florida Regional Med Ctr             30,315               132,340 22.9%
Miami-Dade Kendall Regional Medical Center             69,538               307,913 22.6%
Indian River Sebastian River Medical Center             17,086                 77,588 22.0%
Hernando Brooksville Regional Hospital             32,815               151,898 21.6%
Okaloosa Fort Walton Beach Medical Center             36,139               176,059 20.5%
Alachua North Florida Regional Med Ctr             70,553               352,527 20.0%
Hillsborough Brandon Regional Hospital             61,425               313,268 19.6%
St Lucie St Lucie Medical Center             29,840               163,665 18.2%
Okeechobee Raulerson Hospital             11,234                 65,881 17.1%
St Lucie Lawnwood Reg Med Ctr & Heart Inst             41,595               252,276 16.5%
Broward Westside Regional Medical Center             27,499               171,178 16.1%
Brevard Wuesthoff Med Ctr-Melbourne             13,614                 85,109 16.0%
Collier Physicians Reg Med Ctr-Pine Ridge             30,355               199,827 15.2%
Osceola Osceola Regional Medical Center             37,273               249,363 14.9%
Clay Orange Park Medical Center             33,733               238,305 14.2%
Citrus Seven Rivers Regional Med Ctr             10,013                 77,744 12.9%
Hernando Oak Hill Hospital             20,393               158,750 12.8%
Miami-Dade Aventura Hospital and Med Ctr             36,195               282,491 12.8%
Osceola St Cloud Regional Medical Center               6,046                 49,810 12.1%
Okaloosa Twin Cities Hospital               4,860                 41,703 11.7%
Okaloosa North Okaloosa Medical Center               9,061                 78,105 11.6%
Palm Beach West Boca Medical Center             15,248               135,685 11.2%
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Medical Center               6,334                 56,899 11.1%
Broward Northwest Medical Center             17,793               162,597 10.9%
Suwanee Shands Live Oak Regional Med Ctr               2,172                 20,170 10.8%
Palm Beach Delray Medical Center             28,360               264,991 10.7%
Madison Blake Medical Center             19,290               185,863 10.4%
Pinellas Largo Medical Center             25,057               245,790 10.2%
Lee Capital Regional Medical Center             15,677               156,352 10.0%
Escambia West Florida Hospital             19,710               202,037 9.8%
Marion Ocala Regional Medical Center             21,820               225,613 9.7%
Polk Bartow Regional Medical Center               5,600                 58,243 9.6%
Manatee Lakewood Ranch Medical Center               5,946                 65,970 9.0%
Hillsborough South Bay Hospital               6,137                 74,666 8.2%
Charlotte Peace River Regional Medical Center             10,248               127,045 8.1%
Pasco Regional Med Center Bayonet Point             14,105               179,376 7.9%
Palm Beach Palms West Hospital             10,495               140,352 7.5%
Palm Beach St Mary's Medical Center             19,125               259,910 7.4%
Palm Beach JFK Medical Center             27,249               377,327 7.2%
Hillsborough Memorial Hospital Tampa               4,604                 67,403 6.8%
Columbia Lake City Medical Center               3,591                 55,118 6.5%
Seminole Central Florida Regional Hospital               7,652               128,847 5.9%
Palm Beach Good Samaritan Medical Center               8,643               147,206 5.9%
Pasco Pasco Regional Medical Center               2,761                 50,027 5.5%
Sarasota Venice Regional Medical Center               8,403               154,817 5.4%
Sarasota Doctors Hospital sarasota               5,663               104,612 5.4%
Charlotte Fawcett Memorial Hospital               7,293               140,395 5.2%
Polk Lake Wales Medical Center               2,805                 57,307 4.9%
Miami-Dade Palmetto General Hospital             12,201               250,382 4.9%
Pinellas St Petersburg General Hospital               4,468                 97,192 4.6%
Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center               7,252               174,445 4.2%
Bradford Shands Starke Regional Med Center                  802                 23,679 3.4%
Duval Memorial Hospital Jacksonville               9,438               290,008 3.3%
Miami-Dade Larkin Community Hospital               2,299                 72,691 3.2%
Washington Northwest Florida Community Hosp                  666                 22,590 2.9%
Manatee Manatee Memorial Hospital               4,306               201,900 2.1%
Palm Beach Wellington Regional Medical Center               1,795               126,454 1.4%
Miami-Dade Hialeah Hospital               1,238               108,036 1.1%
Miami-Dade Westchester General Hospital                  335                 58,929 0.6%
Miami-Dade Coral Gables Hospital                 (108)                 74,560 -0.1%
Lee Lehigh Regional Medical Center                 (456)                 38,404 -1.2%
Miami-Dade North Shore Medical Center             (3,447)               268,931 -1.3%
Pinellas Palms of Pasadena Hospital                 (993)                 72,739 -1.4%
Walton Healthmark Regional Medical Center                 (158)                 10,087 -1.6%
Brevard Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge             (2,798)               145,376 -1.9%
Pinellas Edward White Hospital             (1,093)                 51,724 -2.1%
Columbia Shands Lake Shore Regional Med Ctr             (1,233)                 44,758 -2.8%
Broward University Hospital and Med Center             (2,954)                 98,846 -3.0%
Miami-Dade Palm Springs General Hospital             (1,695)                 54,668 -3.1%
Charlotte Charlotte Regional Medical Center             (2,422)                 73,597 -3.3%
Pinellas Northside Hospital             (4,244)               117,766 -3.6%
Highlands Highlands Regional Medical Center             (2,529)                 55,555 -4.6%
Hillsborough Town & Country Hospital             (3,170)                 51,600 -6.1%
Broward Plantation General Hospital           (23,864)               333,487 -7.2%
Miami-Dade Metropolitan Hospital Miami             (2,817)                 39,053 -7.2%
Sarasota Englewood Community Hospital             (3,348)                 33,404 -10.0%
Pasco Medical Center Trinity           (21,188)               148,317 -14.3%
Bay Bay Med Ctr: Sacred Heart System           (23,348)               158,927 -14.7%
Union Lake Butler Hosp Hand Surgery Ctr             (1,211)                    7,976 -15.2%
Palm Beach West Palm Hospital           (17,890)                 73,835 -24.2%
Putnam Putnam Community Medical Center           (13,317)                 53,000 -25.1%
Levy Regional General Hosp-Williston             (1,666)                    3,184 -52.3%




Total 84 General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals          932,018         11,177,230 8.3%

Clearly, there is a huge range of Operating Income (Loss) Margin Percentages:
  • 8 of the 84 had Operating Profit Margins of 20% or higher in 2012
  • 15 of the 84 had Operating Profit Margins of 15% or higher in 2012
  • 31 of the 84 had Operating Profit Margins of 10% or higher in 2012
  • 23 of the 84 had Operating Losses in 2012
But there is much more to this incredible profit story of these Florida General Acute Care Local Governmental Hospitals.

The 2012 Total Operating Income of $932 mil includes a monstrous earnings charge for Total Provisions for Bad Debts of $1.844 bil.  In addition, the 2012 Uncompensated Charity Care Charges Foregone were another huge $1.501 bil.  With the ACA, a significant portion of these 2 items will be eliminated, thereby markedly increasing the Patient Service Fee Income and thus also the Income of every Florida Hospital.  And if Florida were to fully expand Medicaid, a huge portion of these 2 items will be eliminated, thereby very substantially increasing the Patient Service Fee Income and also the Income of nearly every Florida Hospital.

Yeah, I think it is time for these Florida General Acute Care For-Profit Hospitals to patriotically step up by removing a good chunk of their excessive profits by reducing their very steep Patient Service Fee Charges and also negotiating more fairly with Health Insurance Companies.  This responsible action will result in substantially reduced health insurance premiums as well as an additional substantial reduction in the annual growth rate of Total US Health Care Costs.

































More details to come.