Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS, can earn VBP incentives by reducing MSPB costs by 7.1%

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By: Anju Chithrakumar  Apr. 26, 2021

Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Adjustment Factor of 0.9964 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $131,366. 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 Anderson Regional Medical Center during the period was 0/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that Anderson Regional Medical Center can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Costs by 7.1%.

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Anderson Regional Medical Center has the best value outcomes for Sepsis in Meridian, MS

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By: Neha Thomas  Aug. 03, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals within a 10-mile radius of Meridian, Mississippi, showed that Anderson Regional Medical Center had the best value outcomes over a 90 day episode for Sepsis, followed by Rush Foundation Hospital. Dexur’s value analysis tracks a patient’s episode of care from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs. Total cost of care data helps patients make appropriate choices and helps ACOs, such as Rural Solutions, LLC, make appropriate referral choices. The analysis was risk-adjusted, for alive and non-hospice patients and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 871: Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with Major Complication or Comorbidity, to adjust for complications and comorbidities.

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