By: Jeffrey Maser  Dec. 14, 2017

A recent Dexur analysis found that Southern California Hospital at Hollywood had the highest SNF discharge rate for renal failure with major complications or comorbidities out of all major U.S. hospitals between January and December of 2016 with a rate just over 70%. Dexur defined major U.S. hospitals as those that accounted for at least 3,500 total Medicare inpatient discharges during the timeframe. These hospitals were then filtered further for only hospitals that accounted for 11 or more discharges to skilled nursing facilities from DRG-682 (Renal Failure with Major Complication or Comorbidity); 818 hospitals met this criteria. Southern California Hospital at Hollywood’s rate was the highest out of all major hospitals analyzed and was the 7th highest out of all U.S. hospitals, regardless of hospital volume.

By: Saparja Nag  Nov. 22, 2017

Inpatient data on super utilizers provide critical insight into how these high-risk patients influence revenue and overall length of stay. A full background and methodology on super utilizer contributions can be read here. Using Medicare inpatient data collected between October 2015 and September 2016, the percentages of discharges, unique patients, revenue, and LOS were determined and compared to state and national values. The top 3 hospitals in Southern California by highest percentage of discharges from super utilizers were also the top 3 highest in the region for super utilizer contributions to revenue and LOS.