By: Emily Carpintero  Dec. 06, 2017

Dexur's recent analysis of CMS Medicare claims data for the time period of January 2016 through December 2016 showed that McLeod Regional Medical Center, in Florence, South Carolina, discharge rate to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) was lower than the state and national averages by 3.54% and 7.18%, respectively. Dexur identified Medicare inpatient discharges, discharges to SNFs, and the percentage of SNF discharges at the national, state, and individual hospital level. SNF discharges are an important metric that healthcare professionals can use to determine the population of patients a hospital serves, as well as the average quality of care that is reached at point of discharge for a hospital. Below is a graph highlighting the highest discharging categories at McLeod Regional Medical Center and their percentage of discharges to SNFs compared to the state and national averages.