TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 4.0:
Trends in Hospital Financing
Chart 4.1:
Percentage of Hospitals with Negative Total and Operating Margins, 1995 – 2010
Chart 4.2:
Aggregate Total Hospital Margins, Operating Margins, and
Patient Margins, 1991 – 2010
Chart 4.3:
Distribution of Outpatient vs. Inpatient Revenues, 1990 – 2010
Chart 4.4:
Annual Change in Hospital Operating Revenue and Expenses per
Adjusted Admission, 1990 – 2010
Chart 4.5:
Distribution of Hospital Cost by Payer Type, 1980, 2000, and 2010
Chart 4.6:
Aggregate Hospital Payment-to-cost Ratios for Private Payers,
Medicare, and Medicaid, 1990 – 2010
Chart 4.7:
Hospital Payment Shortfall Relative to Costs for Medicare, Medicaid, and
Other Government, 1997 – 2010
Chart 4.8:
Income from Investments and Other Non-operating Gains as a Percentage of
Total Net Revenue, 1990 – 2010
Chart 4.9:
Number of Bond Rating Upgrades and Downgrades, Not-for-profit Health Care, 1994 – 2011
Chart 4.10:
Median Average Age of Plant, 1990 – 2010
Chart 4.11:
Percent Change in Employment Cost Index, All Private Service Industries,
All Health Services, and Hospitals, 2002 – 2011
Chart 4.1: Percentage of Hospitals with Negative Total and Operating
Margins, 1995 – 2010
45%
40%
Negative Operating Margin
35%
30%
25%
20%
Negative Total Margin
15%
10%
5%
0%
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
09
10
Chart 4.2: Aggregate Total Hospital Margins,(1) Operating Margins,(2)
and Patient Margins,(3) 1991 – 2010
8%
Total Margin
6%
4%
Operating Margin
2%
0%
Patient Margin
-2%
-4%
-6%
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
Total Hospital Margin is calculated as the difference between total net revenue and total expenses divided by total net revenue.
(2)
Operating Margin is calculated as the difference between operating revenue and total expenses divided by operating revenue.
(3)
Patient Margin is calculated as the difference between net patient revenue and total expenses divided
by net patient revenue.
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Chart 4.3: Distribution of Outpatient vs. Inpatient Revenues, 1990 – 2010
100%
90%
Percentage of Revenue
80%
Gross Inpatient
Revenue
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
Gross Outpatient
Revenue
20%
10%
0%
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
Chart 4.4: Annual Change in Hospital Operating Revenue and Expenses
per Adjusted Admission,(1) 1990 – 2010
18%
Change in Total Expenses
Change in Operating Revenue
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
-2%
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
An aggregate measure of workload reflecting the number of inpatient admissions, plus an estimate of the volume of
outpatient services, expressed in units equivalent to an inpatient admission in terms of level of effort.
Chart 4.5: Distribution of Hospital Cost by Payer Type, 1980, 2000, and
2010
Uncompensated
Care,(2) 5.1%
Non-patient,(1) 2.8%
Uncompensated
Care,(2) 6.0%
Non-patient,(1) 2.1%
Uncompensated
Care,(2) 5.8%
Private Payer, 41.8%
Private Payer, 38.7%
Private Payer, 35.2%
Non-patient,(1) 2.7%
Other Government,
1.7%
Other Government,
1.4%
Other Government,
6.1%
Medicaid, 12.8%
Medicaid, 16.1%
Medicare, 38.3%
Medicare, 39.1%
Medicaid, 9.6%
Medicare, 34.6%
1980
2000
2010
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
Non-patient represents costs for cafeterias, parking lots, gift shops and other non-patient care operating services and
are not attributed to any one payer.
(2)
Uncompensated care represents bad debt expense and charity care, at cost.
Chart 4.6: Aggregate Hospital Payment-to-cost Ratios for Private Payers,
Medicare, and Medicaid, 1990 – 2010
140%
Private Payer
130%
120%
110%
100%
Medicare
90%
Medicaid(1 )
80%
70%
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
Includes Medicaid Disproportionate Share payments.
Chart 4.7: Hospital Payment Shortfall Relative to Costs for Medicare,
Medicaid, and Other Government, 1997 – 2010(1)
$5
$0
-$5
Medicare
Billions
-$10
Medicaid
-$15
Other Government
-$20
-$25
-$30
-$35
-$40
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
Costs reflect a cap of 1.0 on the cost-to-charge ratio.
Chart 4.8: Income from Investments and Other Non-operating Gains(1) as
a Percentage of Total Net Revenue, 1990 – 2010
Percentage of Total Net Revenue
3.2%
2.4%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
-0.8%
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2010, for community hospitals.
(1)
Non-operating gains include income from non-operating activities, including investments, endowments and
extraordinary gains, as well as the value of non-realized gains from investments.
Chart 4.9: Number of Bond Rating Upgrades and Downgrades, Not-for-profit
Health Care, 1994 – 2011
70
50
30
Upgrades
10
Downgrades
10
30
50
70
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
Source: Moody’s Investors Services. Moody's: US Not-for-profit Healthcare in 2011: Downgrades Still Outpace Upgrades.
February 2, 2012.
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Chart 4.10: Median Average Age of Plant, 1990 – 2010
12
10
Years
8
10.1
9.7 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.8
9.4
9.2 9.3 9.2
8.6 8.8 8.9
8.4
7.9 8.0 8.2
6
4
2
0
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Source: Ingenix, Almanac of Hospital Financial and Operating Indicators, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 and
CHIPS, The Almanac of Hospital and Financial Operating Indicators, 1994 and 1996-7.
Chart 4.11: Percent Change in Employment Cost Index(1), All Private
Service Industries, All Health Services, and Hospitals, 2002 – 2011(2)
4%
3.4%
3%
2.8%
3.0%
2%
1%
0%
All Private Service Industries
All Health Services
Hospitals
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Cost Index, 12 months ending December 2011. Link: www.bls.gov.
(1)
Total compensation.
(2)
Data represent ten-year average.