By: Barsha Nandy  Oct. 13, 2020

Dexur analyzed Medicare Claims data and replicated CMS algorithms to calculate Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) cost per episode of New Hanover Regional Medical Center and found that the cost per episode was $74,289 for Cervical Spinal Fusion from Jan-Dec 2019. The cost increased by 36.41% in 2019 to reach $74,289 compared to $54,460 in 2018. MSPB is the only measure under the Efficiency and Cost Reduction domain under the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program and accounts for 25% of VBP adjustments.

By: Emily Carpintero  Nov. 21, 2017

North Carolina had the 11th highest volume of Medicare inpatient discharges in the nation, accounting for 3.22% of discharges between October 2015 and September 2016.  Along with total Medicare inpatient discharge volume, Dexur analysts identified total Medicare inpatient payments, total percentage of revenue contributed from 30 day readmissions and the percentage of total days from length of stay (LOS) contributing to 30 day readmissions. You can read about 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.