Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 5,755 Hospitalizations at Merit Health Central, 1,728 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 30.03%.
Merit Health Central'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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MERIT HEALTH CENTRAL
(1850 Chadwick Dr, Jackson, MS, 39204)
|
0.9956 |
-0.44 |
-$76,066 |
0.9938 |
-0.62 |
-$107,185 |
0.9889 |
-1.11 |
-$191,896 |
| Total Heart Attack Hospitalizations - 146 and readmission rate of 26.71% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Heart Attack Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| DENZIL G ROBERTSON |
35 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
27 |
| GARY M SCHNEIDER |
26 |
| Total Heart Failure Hospitalizations - 162 and readmission rate of 29.01% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Heart Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| GARY M SCHNEIDER |
26 |
| GREGORY S ODEN |
23 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
22 |
| Total COPD Hospitalizations - 109 and readmission rate of 23.85% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central COPD Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| GREGORY S ODEN |
16 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
14 |
| DENZIL G ROBERTSON |
14 |
| Total Sepsis Hospitalizations - 291 and readmission rate of 39.86% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Sepsis Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| GARY M SCHNEIDER |
77 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
65 |
| DENZIL G ROBERTSON |
47 |
| Total Renal Failure Hospitalizations - 117 and readmission rate of 18.8% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Renal Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| DENZIL G ROBERTSON |
23 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
18 |
| ILIYA UDLER |
17 |
| Total Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hospitalizations - 74 and readmission rate of 36.49% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| JOSEPH A. KWENTUS |
23 |
| Total Psychoses Hospitalizations - 1,143 and readmission rate of 41.21% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Psychoses Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| SAYED AAMIR RAZA |
569 |
| JOSEPH A. KWENTUS |
484 |
| AKIF KHAWAJA |
63 |
| Total Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations - 124 and readmission rate of 33.06% |
| Top Doctors for Merit Health Central Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| DENZIL G ROBERTSON |
22 |
| GREGORY S ODEN |
19 |
| CARTER WATTERS |
16 |