NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Financial Health Benchmarks & Indicators
Text Box: This page provides information about the hospital's financial health. It includes information on the hospital's ability to pay its bills and how much it costs to run the hospital.
    National Benchmarks          
  20041[1] 20062 Hospital Data Vermont
Cash & Revenue Indicators Major New RNFP3 RNFP3 S & P3 Actual Actual Actual Budget Budget 2007
  Definition Teaching England 25-99 Beds 100-249 Beds A- Rated 2004 2005 2006 2007 Median
         
Days Cash on Hand The number of days of cash available to run the hospital. N/A N/A N/A N/A 180.0 161.3 162.4 130.5 147.0 104.8
Current Ratio4 Ability to pay short-term bills. 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.3 N/A 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.2 3.3
Outpatient Gross Revenue % Percentage of billings for those receiving care in less than 24 hours. 32.6% 55.5% 56.6% 47.9% N/A 72.8% 73.0% 75.4% 76.7% 66.0%
Total Margin as % of Net Revenues Percent of revenue left over after expenses are paid. 3.2% 2.5% 3.2% 4.0% 5.4% 5.5% -1.6% 3.7% 2.9% 3.7%
                       
         
Productivity & Cost Indicators        
         
Return on Assets One measure of how a hospital is doing financially. 3.4% 3.0% 3.4% 4.3% N/A 5.6% -1.4% 3.6% 3.1% 3.8%
FTEs per 100 Adjusted Discharges A measure of employee efficiency. 8.8 5.8 5.0 5.6 N/A 4.7 5.0 5.2 4.9 5.5
Overhead Expense, as % of Total Operating Expense Another measure of efficiency. 29.7% 31.4% 29.9% 30.0% N/A 22.1% 21.3% 21.9% 21.0% 24.3%
Salary & Benefits per FTE, Non-MD Total average cost for a full time employee who is not a doctor. $58,300 $63,245 $47,875 $50,795 N/A $59,087 $64,119 $66,254 $69,620 $64,817
Cost per Adjusted Admission The average hospital cost for a patient. $12,252 $6,995 $5,407 $6,213 N/A $5,505 $6,254 $6,702 $6,789 $7,250
Net Revenue per Adjusted Admission ###### $7,036 $5,371 $6,756 $6,544 $5,551 $6,306 $6,772 $6,868 $7,342
Gross Charge per Adj. Admission[2] ###### $13,695 $9,876 ###### $14,585 $9,981 $10,107 $10,716 $11,685 $11,977
Text Box: The financial health of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital continues to be maintained at the moderate level. Lower than average overhead expenses helps us maintain moderate financial health while maximizing the resources spent on direct patient care.
1  2004 benchmarks are 50th percentile data from "The Sourcebook: The Comparative Performance of U.S. Hospitals", published by Solucient, LLC, and are all national groupings except for New England.
2  2006 stand-alone hospital medians from Standard and Poor's, the bond rating agency.  The bond rating is one indicator of how likely it is that a hospital would be able to borrow money.
3  Rural Not-For-Profit.  The grouping includes rural not-for-profit hospitals in the U.S. having a number of beds between the number shown.
4  The calculation of current ratio includes funded depreciation, which is not included in the national benchmarks shown.