Valuation-Grounded Hospital Analytics

Evaluate hospitals the way capital markets do — in 60 seconds.

The Hospital Financial Health Index (HFHI) and Quality Index (HPQI). Benchmark any U.S. hospital's DCF discount rate risks, EBITDA levers, and covenants against true structural peers.

Form 990 & HCRIS CMS HCAHPS Connected 14 Scored Dimensions
Financial Health Scorecard
Valley Medical Center · FY 2025
Live
FY2023FY2024FY2025
81B
Financial Health
74B
HFHI
Financial Health
81 B
P72 nationally
5-Year · Financial Health
DCBA
5-Year · Overall HFHI
DCBA
All Score Domains
P72
81
B
Financial
P88
87
A
Cost Eff.
P51
65
C
Labor
P66
78
B
Revenue
P28
44
D
Overhead
P43
59
C
Uncomp.
P60
71
B
Qual/Exp
P55
68
C
Medicare
Metric
Value vs. Peer Medians
Score Earned
Operating Margin
1.8%
3.2%
18/20
Net Margin
2.4%
5.1%
16/20
Days Cash on Hand
2.9%
4.7%
16/20
Debt-to-Equity
1.8%
2.5%
9/15
Valley Medical CenterNationalAZGeneral Acute100–249 Beds
2Linked Indices (Financial & Quality)
3+Data Sources (HCRIS, 990, HCAHPS)
14Scored Valuation Dimensions
<60sTime to Deal Assessment
The Core Advantage

Valuation-Informed Methodology

Most benchmarking tools answer "how does this hospital compare to average?" HealthVista answers "what would a buyer, lender, or rating agency conclude—and why?"

DCF & EBITDA Risk Scoring

Every metric maps to how hospital valuations are actually conducted. We convert liquidity stress, contract labor reliance, and Medicare concentration into measurable discount rate and multiple compression factors via the HFHI.

ABCD← Standardized letter grades

Structural Peer Architectures

A 2% margin means something completely different at a 20-bed Critical Access Hospital vs. a 400-bed Academic Medical Center. Benchmarks are automatically scaled to true structural peers.

Same StateSame Bed SizeUrban/Rural Status

Financial & Clinical Linkage

CMS payment penalties (VBP, HAC, Readmissions) create a direct financial consequence from quality outcomes. We track HCAC & HCAHPS alongside margins so you see the complete picture.

Non-Profit Form 990 Integration

Assess executive compensation, board structures, and exact program revenues of non-profits directly alongside their Medicare Cost Reports.

Pre-Sales Lead Origination

Designed for Consultants & PE: Filter 6,000+ facilities by specific financial distress signals (e.g. 'Operating Margin < -3% and dropping Quality'). Originate deals instantly.

How it works

From raw CMS filing to scored insight in seconds

We ingest thousands of pages of raw data per hospital, automatically applying capital market models directly over their filed CMS and IRS data.

01

Tri-Lingual Data Sources

We ingest CMS HCRIS Cost Reports, IRS Form 990 filings, and CMS Hospital Compare (HCAHPS) to establish the baseline.

02

Structural Pairing

Hospitals are automatically grouped alongside direct structural peers (size, state, location) for an apples-to-apples basis.

03

Index Scoring

Over 60 variables produce two indices: The HFHI (Financial Health) and HPQI (Quality Performance).

04

Trajectory Analysis

Scores are mapped year-over-year. Current position shows where a hospital is; trajectory proves where its valuation is going.

Who uses this

Built for capital markets & advisory

Private Equity & M&A

Screen hospital targets by explicit weakness. Flag structural cost disadvantages and Medicare concentration risks (+2% to your discount rate) before due diligence even begins.

"We use the labor cost and overhead scores as our first-pass EBITDA multiple filter."

Lenders & Credit Analysts

Assess hospital creditworthiness against the metrics you covenant: Operating margins, days cash on hand, debt-to-equity, A/R days, and Form 990 leverage risks.

"The peer-relative debt-to-equity tracking replaced an entire day of our underwriter’s manual prep work."

Healthcare Consultants

Run rapid assessments of turnaround clients or joint venture candidates. Hand clients a board-ready dashboard outlining exactly how much value they are bleeding vs peers.

"This tool is a lead-generation machine. I find distressed hospitals in 5 minutes and pitch them."

Why switch

Raw Data vs. Actionable Intelligence

Legacy Analysis
  • Downloading 1,000+ page CMS Cost Reports
  • Manually scraping IRS Form 990s
  • Guessing if your peer benchmarks are structurally accurate
  • Missing the connection between Quality Scores and Pay
  • Spending 3-5 days per hospital target
Recommended
With HealthVista
  • Instant visualization for any U.S. hospital
  • HFHI & HPQI indices auto-grade performance risks
  • Form 990 and CMS HCAHPS woven directly in
  • Find Turnarounds in your CRM via specific risk filters
  • 60 seconds to first insight, deal after deal
Coverage

HFHI & HPQI Dimensions. One platform.

01Financial Health (HFHI)

Margins, liquidity, and leverage. The exact data found in every lender covenant and bond rating.

02Cost Efficiency (HFHI)

Structural cost disadvantages. Cost-to-Revenue and Operating Expense ratios that drive multiple compression.

03Labor Costs (HFHI)

Contract labor reliance tracking. Heavy traveling nurse usage adds +0.5-1.5% to valuation discount rates.

04Revenue/Allowances (HFHI)

Realization rates evaluating exactly what the hospital collects vs gross charges—its core cash conversion speed.

05Medicare Dependence (HFHI)

Hospitals > 60% Medicare face immense policy risk. A 1% rate cut equates to -0.45% to -1.05% valuation loss.

06Patient Experience (HPQI)

HCAHPS survey scores directly affect CMS value-based payment models. Linking satisfaction directly to financial risks.

07IRB & Form 990 Audits

Unpack Non-Profit structural costs, tracking executive compensation models and service revenue spreads.

08VBP & HAC Penalties (HPQI)

Understand exactly which hospitals are likely to be slapped with 1% Medicare payment reductions.

Additional features included: Medicare Cost Report Settlement, Departmental Cost & CCR, Gap Analysis, 5-Year Trend Modeling, and CSV Exports.

Pricing & Access

Wall Street intelligence, transparently priced.

Skip the $50k consulting engagements. Get immediate, valuation-grounded hospital intelligence for your deal team. Subscriptions are billed month-to-month. Cancel anytime.

Free Explorer

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Lifetime access. No credit card.

  • Search any U.S. hospital
  • Overall HFHI Financial Grade (A-F)
  • Overall HPQI Quality Grade (A-F)
  • Year-over-year trajectory delta (▲/▼)
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Professional

$399/mo

Per single user / analyst.

  • Everything in Free
  • Full 8 dimensions of HFHI metrics
  • Full 6 dimensions of HPQI metrics
  • IRS Form 990 & Medicare Settlement
  • Underlying CMS algorithms & weights
  • Departmental Cost & CCR breakdowns
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Deal Team

$1,299/mo

For boutique firms and PE teams.

  • Everything in Professional
  • Up to 5 included user seats
  • Unrestricted CSV/Excel exports
  • Custom peer cohort builder
  • Side-by-side named hospital comparison
  • AI-Generated executive summaries
Start Team Plan

Stop assessing hospital risk manually.

Join the PE teams, consultants, and lenders who are already evaluating 6,000+ U.S. hospitals using the HFHI framework.