Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Charter Township, MI, can earn VBP incentives by reducing MSPB costs by 4.6%


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By: Sampath Kumar  Jun. 01, 2021

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Charter Township, MI, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) adjustment factor of 0.996 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $222,090. Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) accounts for 25% of overall VBP score and is a significant factor in driving VBP payments. MSPB costs include the costs from 3 days before hospitalization, index hospital stays, and 30 days post-discharge. The measure score of the Efficiency & Cost Reduction domain for Henry Ford Macomb Hospital during the period was 0/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that Henry Ford Macomb Hospital can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Cost by 4.6%.

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital’s average MSPB cost per episode (risk adjusted and price standardized) during the period of January 2019 to December 2019 was $22,805.The average cost of Post Index Stays was $9,134 with a total of 4,303 episodes.

Dexur Simulator for MSPB Cost Reduction

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital can achieve the break-even VBP adjustment factor of 1 by earning 3 points in MSPB and thereby avoid VBP penalties to achieve incentives. Hospitals need to reduce post Index hospitalization costs to meet these MSPB reduction targets. Dexur’s simulator has identified four main levers and estimated reduction in each of these levers to reduce MSPB to the target levels and ultimately achieve a positive MSPB score:

In Summary, the four levers impact 473 episodes and reduce the average MSPB cost by 4.6% and improve the MSPB performance rate to 0.979. This increases the VBP adjustment factor to 1.0008 and helps achieve an incentive of $44.4k

A much higher reduction in Post Index stay costs can further improve VBP incentives. For example, a 20% reduction in post index stay costs can reduce the average MSPB cost by 6.6%, and earn a VBP Adjustment Factor of 1.0025, thereby achieving an incentive of $138.8k.