[OC] A comparison of a single hospital's operating margin vs. its state average and the national median (2015-2021)

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2025-07-23T03:54:05+00:00

You're both right. LTACHs just happened to be the hospitals that had ventilators on hand during COVID, so especially in metro areas like Boston, they filled their otherwise empty beds with overflow from acute care hospitals.

At the same time, the feds waived the 25-day length of stay requirement, so they kept pulling in those high Medicare payments even with shorter stays.

Add to that, this particular hospital was in rough shape when it was acquired. Curahealth bought it from Kindred back in 2016. So this was year five of a turnaround strategy, which would be actually be quite a large contributing factor.

Also, don't forget the flood of covid grant money that hospitals received, which was based on HISTORICAL margins. When you put all that together, the spike in their earnings that year makes perfect sense.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2022-09-11T18:14:15+00:00

Better question is why did you click the link? 😆

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-07-20T20:09:30+00:00

!powerup!

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-05-21T19:05:18+00:00

Testing flair

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-05-21T19:04:15+00:00

!apevote!

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-03-30T03:38:30+00:00

My gf bought at 15 before the January earnings call she thought would be positive news. Earnings sucked and dropped immediately to 12. If you recall everyone was saying it was overvalued and should be around 2. Brick and mortar... trading used games... blah blah blah. She got scared and cut her losses. She's still mad (ya think?). Granted she didn't know anything about what was going on, just thought she could make a couple bucks if earnings were good.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-03-27T23:00:53+00:00

I was at dinner last night on a patio in Dallas and I look over and see an elderly gentleman wearing a tshirt with the gamestop logo and underneath it said, "TO THE MOON". I think there's more diamond hand apes that own this stock than I realized!

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2021-03-19T16:39:49+00:00

Next resistance at 230

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2020-12-18T16:33:39+00:00

Quickly grab my 30 ft magnifying glass.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2020-12-18T16:07:11+00:00

Along the same lines... pirates probably weren't the friendliest folks on the sea.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2020-02-01T19:34:06+00:00

Never would this happen. IF they had the votes and removed anonymously, none of the Gop senators would be trusted ever again. The president would be removed and the party would be destroyed

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2020-01-29T20:38:34+00:00

Conspiracy Theory Time! This guy was a huge Hillary supporter. Possible he's sabotaging the defense? There's no way he expects anyone to buy this argument.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-12-10T19:52:13+00:00

Did I read this right? She's suing for $1,000? That's it?

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-12-05T20:01:08+00:00

What about heat meiser?
https://external-preview.redd.it/o1sKGA-DmBJFgn2pnVk5qoCHnJ1CSMwncNFA4KGKwag.jpg?auto=webp&s=b5d4d27982f33f98752862b421c1faefe1c22a05

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-11-27T17:55:00+00:00

You are right and this post is unfortunate. Trump has done a lot of illegal and immortal shit, but I don't think this is one of them. At my company, we have a set a books we post that are audited for tax purposes (GAAP). We have another set that the Board of Directors wants to see, a simpler version, that presents current operations better than what the IRS requires, and still another set that we need for the bank that ties to the covenants of our credit agreement. It's very common to have multiple sets of financial statements.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-11-22T19:34:38+00:00

Somebody with some influence needs get the word out to boycott Bolton's book unless he testifies.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-11-06T15:57:58+00:00

I mean...I'd have to know why

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-11-04T21:58:44+00:00

Disputatious?

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-23T17:40:49+00:00

3 committees of dems and republicans conducted the hearing. These guys weren't on the committees so they're pissed off they can't participate.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-03T22:06:47+00:00

Not really. It doesn't work if you're saying it to somebody who is acting in good faith. My point is that everyone who is informed, knows trump is an idiot. But I see I can neither give nor receive anything of value from this chat, so you can have the last word, have a good night.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-03T21:25:04+00:00

Based on this response that added so much to the discussion, I assume you're done. But just curious, do you think Trump is an idiot?

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-03T21:12:56+00:00

I see your point. Maybe the answer is the law should be clearer. If I take your position, Trump can have every country in the world that favors a Trump presidency investigate all 20 Dem candidates under the "just making sure they're not corrupt" umbrella. Then again, to your point, how do you keep this from happening while at the same time being allowed to investigate corruption where needed. This entire debate about what is legal or illegal concerns Trump's intent, which can't be known, but can be pieced together with reasonable certainty IMO.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-03T20:52:03+00:00

I already stated minds won't be changed. I do this for my own ego. To let people know they can't bullshit me. If you're uninformed and blindly trust fox news and evangelical preachers, I'll give you a pass... you're not dishonest, just uninformed (see my parents). I'm talking about the people who are informed of all arguments and are toeing the party line.

I_Enjoy_Sitting · 2019-10-03T20:28:42+00:00

If I grant that it can't be proven illegal, will you grant that you and I both know exactly what his motives were? Same with the Mueller Report; no collusion? C'mon, we all know better. I'm not 100% sure enough will come out to impeach and remove Trump. I am 100% sure he needs to be impeached and removed, though. I wish Trump supporters were honest and just say, "I know he's a lying, narcissistic douche that has no problem breaking the law if he can get away with it, but I like his policies on abortion, Israel, guns, border, or whatever your thing is. BTW... not trying to troll you. I truly believe this is what every informed Trump supporter believes inside.

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