Dexur analyzed Jan 2014 to Dec 2018 Medicare claims data and determined of the 40,401 Hospitalizations at University Health Care System, 9,795 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 24.24%.
University Health Care System's Readmission Penalties
| Provider Details
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2020 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2020 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2020 Readmission Reduction Payment
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2019 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2019 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2019 Readmission Reduction Payment
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2018 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2018 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2018 Readmission Reduction Payment
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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 |
| Total Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries - 286 and readmission rate of 38.81% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries |
Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| TIMOTHY J HUNTER |
140 |
| GORDON LESLIE WALTERS |
27 |
| HOUMAN TAMADDON |
26 |
| Total Heart Attack Hospitalizations - 424 and readmission rate of 25.0% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Heart Attack Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| MEYER P. SCHWARTZ |
17 |
| NANIK RAM |
14 |
| SUNIL RAMESHBHAI PATEL |
13 |
| Total Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations - 1,181 and readmission rate of 16.51% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| MEYER P. SCHWARTZ |
54 |
| DAVID M CLARK |
48 |
| KAILASH KAILASH |
38 |
| Total Heart Failure Hospitalizations - 2,632 and readmission rate of 29.29% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Heart Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| KAILASH KAILASH |
114 |
| VEERAL LAL |
98 |
| MEYER P. SCHWARTZ |
98 |
| Total Pulmonary Embolism - 174 and readmission rate of 13.79% |
| Total Diabetes Hospitalizations - 403 and readmission rate of 27.3% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Diabetes Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| ABIY D MEKOYA |
21 |
| MICHEL TANIOS |
20 |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
19 |
| Total Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations - 1,225 and readmission rate of 21.55% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| VEERAL LAL |
57 |
| CALVIN R JACKSON |
54 |
| CHETAN A PATEL |
48 |
| Total Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations - 986 and readmission rate of 25.46% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| CALVIN R JACKSON |
45 |
| WILLIE MAE DEAS |
45 |
| VEERAL LAL |
38 |
| Total COPD Hospitalizations - 1,262 and readmission rate of 25.75% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System COPD Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
59 |
| NANIK RAM |
57 |
| ABIY D MEKOYA |
55 |
| Total Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations - 238 and readmission rate of 31.09% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| VEERAL LAL |
19 |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
14 |
| ABIY D MEKOYA |
13 |
| Total Sepsis Hospitalizations - 2,159 and readmission rate of 32.61% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Sepsis Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
119 |
| ABIY D MEKOYA |
95 |
| VIJANTI BAI |
88 |
| Total Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations - 967 and readmission rate of 24.3% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| KAILASH KAILASH |
39 |
| NANIK RAM |
39 |
| ABIY D MEKOYA |
35 |
| Total Renal Failure Hospitalizations - 1,597 and readmission rate of 26.11% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Renal Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| VEERAL LAL |
84 |
| CALVIN R JACKSON |
75 |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
71 |
| Total Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations - 962 and readmission rate of 41.58% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| VEERAL LAL |
49 |
| JITENDRAKUMAR A PATEL |
46 |
| JENNIFER WARD |
39 |
| Total Red Blood Cell Disorders Hospitalizations - 322 and readmission rate of 22.36% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Red Blood Cell Disorders Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| JENNIFER WARD |
17 |
| WILLIE MAE DEAS |
15 |
| CALVIN R JACKSON |
14 |
| Total Skin Infections Hospitalizations - 450 and readmission rate of 18.44% |
| Top Doctors for University Health Care System Skin Infections Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
| VEERAL LAL |
27 |
| SUNIL RAMESHBHAI PATEL |
17 |
| JENNIFER WARD |
16 |