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Douglas Hospital

dba Wellstar Douglas Hospital · Douglasville, Douglas County, GA · CCN 110184
Licensed to Douglas Hospital, Inc.

Composite
54.2
rank score
Distress
47
FY2024
Fit
82
vs thesis
Estimated ticket
$56.0M–$224M
112 beds · within envelope
Ownership
government
STH

Why it ranks here

  • operating margin negative
  • total margin under 2%
  • under 30 days cash on hand
  • margin deteriorating sharply
  • urban — higher occupancy and iteration surface
  • bed count in the target band
  • ticket size uses the capital envelope well
  • strong occupancy — good iteration surface
  • government-owned — public process likely

Latest financials · FY2024

Net patient revenue$227M
Operating margin -4.7%
Total margin 1.8%
Days cash on hand 0
Current ratio 2.69
Occupancy80%

Facility

Beds112
Facility typeSTH
Settingurban
Ownership classgovernment
Per-bed (low) $500K
Per-bed (high) $2.0M

Financial history

FYBedsNet patient rev Net incomeOp margin Total marginDays cash Current ratioOccupancy DischargesDistress
2021 102 $187M $36.9M 6.5% 17.5% 0 1.50 83% 6,796 26
2022 108 $193M $8.6M -3.1% 4.2% 0 2.80 81% 6,699 38
2023 112 $217M $14.1M -0.8% 6.0% 0 4.83 79% 7,072 38
2024 112 $227M $4.5M -4.7% 1.8% 0 2.69 80% 7,608 47

Owners

OwnerRole%SinceType
Anthony Budzinski corporate officer 100 2008-07
Candice Saunders corporate officer 100 2015-07
Candice Saunders w-2 managing employee 100 2015-07
Wellstar Health System Inc
Marietta, GA
5% or greater direct ownership interest 100 2007-11
Wellstar Health System Inc
Marietta, GA
operational/managerial control 100 2007-11
Ambica Yadav corporate director 5 2017-03
Arif Aziz corporate director 5 2019-07
Avril Beckford corporate director 5 2011-09
David Bottoms corporate director 5 2023-02
Edward Richardson corporate director 5 2019-04
Frank Ros corporate director 5 2012-06
Greg Morgan corporate director 5 2014-07
Hiram Burdette corporate director 5 2016-04
James Cunningham corporate director 5 2021-03
James Holmes corporate director 5 2016-04
James Hornsby corporate director 5 2018-07
John Mckibben corporate director 5 2019-08
Mark Berry corporate director 5 2021-10
Mitzi Moore corporate director 5 2014-07
Paul Douglass corporate director 5 2016-08
Terrell Johnson corporate director 5 2011-06
William Brock corporate director 5 2015-07
Anthony Budzinski w-2 managing employee 2008-07
Ebenezer Erzuah w-2 managing employee 2009-07
James Swartz corporate officer 2010-10

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Ownership changes

No CMS ownership change on record since 2016 — this hospital has not traded in at least a decade.

Who has been buying in GA

Completed CMS ownership changes in this state. These buyers already cleared the licensure process here — and whoever advised them knows this market.

DateBuyerSellerHospitalBeds
2023-11-01 South Georgia Medical Center Inc Hospital Authority Of Valdosta And... South Georgia Medical Center 261
2023-11-01 South Georgia Medical Center Inc Hospital Authority Of Valdosta And... Sgmc Berrien Campus 10
2023-07-01 Northeast Georgia Medical Center... The Hospital Authority Of Habersham County Ngmc Habersham 53
2021-07-03 Navicent Health Baldwin, Inc Navicent Health Oconee, Llc Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin 86
2021-06-22 Burke Hospital Company Burke County Hospital Authority Burke Medical Center 40
2021-05-01 Vidalia Health Services, Llc Meadows Regional Medical Center Inc Meadows Regional Medical Center 57
2018-02-01 Savannah Health Services, Llc Memorial Health University Medical... Memorial Health Univ Med Center 594
2017-12-29 Chi Memorial Hospital - Georgia Cornerstone Medical Center, Llc Chi Memorial Hospital - Georgia 35
2017-10-01 Piedmont Rockdale Hospital, Inc. Rockdale Hospital Llc Piedmont Rockdale Hospital 181
2017-05-01 Southeast Georgia Health Services, Llc Mayo Clinic Health System In Waycross, Inc Memorial Satilla Health 130
2017-01-01 Ngmc Barrow Llc Winder Hma Llc Ngmc Barrow 38
2016-04-01 Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Inc Spalding Regional Medical Center, Inc. Spalding Regional Hospital 170
2016-04-01 Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Inc North Fulton Medical Center, Inc. North Fulton Regional Hospital 178
2016-02-01 Prime Healthcare Foundation -... Southern Regional Health Center, Inc Southern Regional Medical Center 233
2016-01-01 St Francis Health Llc St Francis Hospital, Inc. St. Francis Hospital Inc. 312