By: Neha Thomas  May. 13, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals in North Mississippi, showed that Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi, Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County, and North Mississippi Health Services had the lowest cost of care over a 90 day episode for Sepsis. The episode of care tracks a patient journey from the date of admission for 90 days includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home and ED costs. Total cost of care helps patients make appropriate choices and helps ACOs such as Rural Solutions, LLC make appropriate referrals choices. The analysis was risk adjusted and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 871:SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MAJOR COMPLICATION OR COMORBIDITY (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.