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Providence Health in Columbia, SC, can earn VBP incentives by reducing MSPB costs by 6.1%
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By: Sharath Joji Jul. 19, 2021
Providence Health in Columbia, SC, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Adjustment Factor of 0.9946 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $208,348. 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 Providence Health during the period was 2/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that Providence Health can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Costs by 6.1%. Read more
By: Jeffrey Maser Feb. 22, 2018
A Dexur study of inpatient Medicare claims data from 2016 indicates that Dr. John P. Sutton, of Providence Health in Columbia, accounted for the lowest average length of stay (LOS) in South Carolina for coronary bypass discharges at 3.8 days. Dr. Sutton was the only physician in the state to report an average LOS under 5 days. Dr. Edward M. Leppard, who also practices at Providence Health, ranked 2nd with an average LOS of exactly 5 days. Two physicians from St. Francis Downtown in Greenville, Dr. Jeffrey Michael Griffin and Dr. Hugh M. Dennis, tied for 3rd in the rankings with an average length of stay of 5.1 days. Dr. John Matthew Toole, of Roper Hospital in Charleston, rounded out the top five with a 5.5 day average LOS. These were the only five physicians in the state of South Carolina to account for an average LOS under 6 days for coronary bypass procedures in 2016.
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