By: Parvathy Rajagopal  Oct. 16, 2020

Dexur analyzed Medicare Claims data and replicated CMS algorithms to calculate Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) cost per episode of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and found that the cost per episode was $17,139 for Cardiac Arrhythmia & Conduction Disorders from Jan-Dec 2019. The cost increased by 13.7% in 2019 to reach $17,139 compared to $15,068 in 2018. MSPB is the only measure under the Efficiency and Cost Reduction domain under the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program and accounts for 25% of VBP adjustments.