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Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 24,553 Hospitalizations at University Health Care System, 6,005 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 24.46%.

University Health Care System's Readmission Penalties


Provider Details 2020 Readmission Adjustment Factor 2020 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage 2020 Readmission Reduction Payment 2019 Readmission Adjustment Factor 2019 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage 2019 Readmission Reduction Payment 2018 Readmission Adjustment Factor 2018 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage 2018 Readmission Reduction Payment
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
(2260 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, GA, 30904)
0.9916 -0.84 -$682,966 0.9935 -0.65 -$528,485 0.9913 -0.8699999999999999 -$707,357

Stent Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Stent Surgeries - 783 and readmission rate of 15.84%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Stent Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
KRAIG M WANGSNES 166
GORDON LESLIE WALTERS 148
PATRICK A HALL 120

Coronary Bypass Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Coronary Bypass Surgeries - 173 and readmission rate of 34.68%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Coronary Bypass Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
TIMOTHY J HUNTER 66
BRETT ALAN BEECHER 58
WILLIAM CLIFFORD KITCHENS 17

Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries - 122 and readmission rate of 41.8%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
TIMOTHY J HUNTER 65
HOUMAN TAMADDON 21
BRETT ALAN BEECHER 12

Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries - 1,522 and readmission rate of 8.02%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
TERRY LEE ARRINGTON 401
RANDALL MILLER MEREDITH 296
PAUL JAMES HERZWURM 283

Spine Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Spine Surgeries - 707 and readmission rate of 17.26%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Spine Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
THOMAS ALAN PARFENCHUCK 331
JOHN SIMPSON CLAPP 145
JEAN MARC GUITTON 70

Colorectal Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Colorectal Surgeries - 396 and readmission rate of 19.7%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Colorectal Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
JOHN DUDLEY CHEAPE 109
BARRY J JENKINS 67
RAY S KING 50

Cholecystectomy Surgeries Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Cholecystectomy Surgeries - 185 and readmission rate of 11.89%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Cholecystectomy Surgeries Total Medicare Surgeries (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
KEVIN S COCHRAN 44
JAY NEWTON BATES 32
GREGORY TAYLOR ELLISON 21

Heart Attack Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Heart Attack Hospitalizations - 264 and readmission rate of 23.86%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Heart Attack Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
NANIK RAM 11
KAPEEL KUMAR 11

Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations - 819 and readmission rate of 17.34%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
NANIK RAM 36
PREMNATH REDDY KARRE 31
DAVID M CLARK 29

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Heart Failure Hospitalizations - 1,706 and readmission rate of 30.83%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Heart Failure Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
VEERAL LAL 80
KAILASH KAILASH 72
JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL 65

Diabetes Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Diabetes Hospitalizations - 263 and readmission rate of 25.1%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Diabetes Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
MICHEL TANIOS 15
ABIY D MEKOYA 14
VEERAL LAL 12

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations - 804 and readmission rate of 22.51%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
VEERAL LAL 37
CHETAN A PATEL 32
HEERA LAL MOTWANI 30

Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations - 644 and readmission rate of 29.19%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
ABIY D MEKOYA 33
VEERAL LAL 26
NICKY PATEL 25

COPD Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total COPD Hospitalizations - 877 and readmission rate of 26.91%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System COPD Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL 42
VEERAL LAL 38
NANIK RAM 38

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure - 123 and readmission rate of 33.33%

Pneumonia Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Pneumonia Hospitalizations - 810 and readmission rate of 22.84%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Pneumonia Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
HEERA LAL MOTWANI 39
KAILASH KAILASH 36
ASHOK KUMAR 31

Sepsis Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Sepsis Hospitalizations - 1,165 and readmission rate of 30.04%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Sepsis Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
VISHAL SHARMA 57
ABIY D MEKOYA 56
SUNIL RAMESHBHAI PATEL 53

Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations - 617 and readmission rate of 24.8%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
HEERA LAL MOTWANI 29
ABIY D MEKOYA 26
VIJANTI BAI 24

Renal Failure Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Renal Failure Hospitalizations - 920 and readmission rate of 28.37%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Renal Failure Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
VEERAL LAL 57
VIJANTI BAI 40
GOTAM CHAND 38

Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations - 515 and readmission rate of 44.27%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
VEERAL LAL 33
HEERA LAL MOTWANI 23
GOTAM CHAND 20

Red Blood Cell Disorders Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Red Blood Cell Disorders - 180 and readmission rate of 22.22%

Skin Infections Hospitalizations Readmissions Data & Research at University Health Care System

Total Skin Infections Hospitalizations - 212 and readmission rate of 20.28%
Top Doctors for University Health Care System Skin Infections Hospitalizations Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019)
KAPEEL KUMAR 12