By: Barsha Nandy  Jul. 08, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals within a 10-mile radius of Morristown, NJ, showed that Morristown Medical Center had the best value outcomes over a 90 day episode for Hip and Knee Replacement, followed by Overlook Medical Center and Saint Clare's Denville 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 local ACOs, such as Care Better ACO, L.L.C. and Healthcare Quality Partners, 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 470: Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.

By: Neha Thomas  Jun. 29, 2020

Retained blood syndrome (RBS) occurs when drainage systems fail to adequately evacuate blood during recovery from cardiothoracic surgery. Dexur analyzed RBS related complications at three top hospitals to understand value outcomes over a 90-day episode of care. Hospitals, ACOs & Payors benefit from value outcomes and cost of care outcomes data to help manage overall population health. Patients benefit from this data as they can make informed choices regarding the facilities that will provide them the best care for specific conditions with the best value. Value outcomes are also closely aligned to bundled payment initiatives by CMS and other payors.

By: Barsha Nandy  Mar. 04, 2020

Dexur’s analysts studied Medicare Claims data for revenue per day variance and found that Morristown Medical Center, NJ, saw an increase in its inpatient revenue by 15.74%, from $2,597 in Q3 2016 to $3,006 in Q3 2019. Morristown Medical Center’s revenue increase for the given time period is more than the national and state average. In the United States, the revenue increased by 17.13% from Q3 2016 to Q3 2019, with a revenue surge of $2,365 from $2,019. In New Jersey, the revenue increased by 16.9% in the five year period from $1,946 to $2,275. The graph below shows the change in revenue for Morristown Medical Center from Q3 2016 to Q3 2019.

By: James Pitt  Jan. 07, 2019

Dr. Christopher J. Magovern & Dr. John M. Brown, two Cardiac Surgeons affiliated with Morristown Medical Center (an Atlantic Health System hospital), topped New Jersey state rankings for two major categories of cardiac procedures.

By: Emily Carpintero  Nov. 16, 2017

New Jersey had the 9th highest volume of Medicare inpatient discharges in the nation, accounting for 3.24% between October 2015 - September 2016. Using Dexur’s data, we were able to determine not only the total number of Medicare inpatient discharges, but the total Medicare inpatient payments, total percentage of revenue contributed from 30 day readmissions, and the percentage of total days from length of stay (LOS) that comes from 30 day readmissions.  You can read about an introduction of 30 day readmission contribution to revenue and percentage of days from length of stay contributing to 30 day readmissions, as well as how this data is calculated here.