By: Barsha Nandy  Jun. 24, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals within a 25-mile radius of Manchester, NH, showed that St. Joseph Hospital, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, and Catholic Medical Center had the best value outcomes over a 90-day episode for COPD. The episode of care tracks a patient journey from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs. The total cost of care helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs such as NH Value Care ACO, LLC, and SolutionHealth ACO LLC to make appropriate referrals choices. The analysis was risk-adjusted, for alive and non-hospice patients and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 190: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Major Complication Or Comorbidity (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.