Dexur analyzed Jan 2014 to Dec 2018 Medicare claims data and determined of the 24,093 Hospitalizations at St. Luke's Hospital, 4,626 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 19.2%.
| Provider Details | 2020 Readmission Adjustment Factor | 2020 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage | 2020 Readmission Reduction Payment | 2019 Readmission Adjustment Factor | 2019 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage | 2019 Readmission Reduction Payment | 2018 Readmission Adjustment Factor | 2018 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage | 2018 Readmission Reduction Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST LUKES HOSPITAL (915 East 1St Street, Duluth, MN, 55805) |
0.9993 | -0.06999999999999999 | -$40,408 | 0.9965 | -0.35000000000000003 | -$202,041 | 0.9948 | -0.52 | -$300,175 |
| Total Stent Surgeries - 446 and readmission rate of 10.76% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Stent Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| JAMES N MOHN | 136 |
| SCOTT ANTHONY MIKESELL | 119 |
| LEE VINCENT GIORGI | 80 |
| Total Coronary Bypass Surgeries - 271 and readmission rate of 28.41% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Coronary Bypass Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MARY J BOYLAN | 169 |
| STEPHEN JAMES HUDDLESTON | 45 |
| KALYAN C. VUNNAMADALA | 43 |
| Total Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries - 137 and readmission rate of 31.39% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Cardiac Valve & Cardiothoracic Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MARY J BOYLAN | 87 |
| STEPHEN JAMES HUDDLESTON | 18 |
| SCOTT ANTHONY MIKESELL | 15 |
| Total Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries - 3,259 and readmission rate of 9.73% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Hip & Knee Replacement Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MICHAEL CARROLL MOMONT | 581 |
| JOEL A ZAMZOW | 419 |
| WILLIAM FREDERICK SCHNELL | 366 |
| Total Spine Surgeries - 253 and readmission rate of 35.97% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Spine Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| JAMES M MACNUTT | 103 |
| MARSHALL TREDWAY WATSON | 50 |
| JOHN CHRISTOS STYLIARAS | 40 |
| Total Colorectal Surgeries - 336 and readmission rate of 20.24% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Colorectal Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| DANIEL DAVID OPHEIM | 176 |
| MICHAEL PAUL STELLMAKER | 39 |
| JOHN PATRICK BOLLINS | 35 |
| Total Cholecystectomy Surgeries - 190 and readmission rate of 17.37% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Cholecystectomy Surgeries | Total Medicare Surgeries (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MICHAEL PAUL STELLMAKER | 33 |
| JOHN PATRICK BOLLINS | 31 |
| DANIEL DAVID OPHEIM | 26 |
| Total Heart Attack Hospitalizations - 242 and readmission rate of 17.77% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Heart Attack Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 24 |
| SCOTT ANTHONY MIKESELL | 12 |
| JAMES N MOHN | 11 |
| Total Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations - 625 and readmission rate of 19.36% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Cardiac Arrhythmia Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| PORUR E. SOMASUNDARAM | 78 |
| JAY R KNUTHS | 27 |
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 25 |
| Total Heart Failure Hospitalizations - 600 and readmission rate of 22.33% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Heart Failure Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 31 |
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 27 |
| JAKE RICHARD POWELL | 26 |
| Total Pulmonary Embolism - 148 and readmission rate of 16.22% |
| Total Diabetes Hospitalizations - 108 and readmission rate of 25.0% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Diabetes Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 11 |
| Total Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations - 394 and readmission rate of 21.07% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 16 |
| JAY R KNUTHS | 16 |
| JESSICA ARRLETTE KROG-BREEUWER | 15 |
| Total Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations - 320 and readmission rate of 20.62% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Nutritional & Metabolic Disorders Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 19 |
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 16 |
| SONJA URSULA SWENSON | 14 |
| Total COPD Hospitalizations - 426 and readmission rate of 20.42% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital COPD Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 21 |
| KURT C KAMPER | 19 |
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 18 |
| Total Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations - 459 and readmission rate of 24.18% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MARK J. PLACHTA | 31 |
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 24 |
| JAY R KNUTHS | 20 |
| Total Pneumonia Hospitalizations - 738 and readmission rate of 15.72% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Pneumonia Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| MARK J. PLACHTA | 37 |
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 33 |
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 32 |
| Total Sepsis Hospitalizations - 1,329 and readmission rate of 18.06% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Sepsis Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 94 |
| JAY R KNUTHS | 61 |
| MARK J. PLACHTA | 60 |
| Total Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations - 305 and readmission rate of 11.8% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Kidney & UTI Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| JOSEPH JOHN HOWARD | 22 |
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 18 |
| GENE GARY KARWOSKI | 11 |
| Total Renal Failure Hospitalizations - 356 and readmission rate of 23.6% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Renal Failure Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 24 |
| SANDY POPHAM | 19 |
| JAKE RICHARD POWELL | 14 |
| Total Psychoses Hospitalizations - 733 and readmission rate of 28.65% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Psychoses Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| CODY CLAYTON LINDSEY | 353 |
| JUAN ROLANDO COLARETA | 175 |
| DAVID T BALDES | 141 |
| Total Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations - 531 and readmission rate of 38.23% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 26 |
| JAKE RICHARD POWELL | 22 |
| GENE GARY KARWOSKI | 21 |
| Total Red Blood Cell Disorders Hospitalizations - 144 and readmission rate of 15.28% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Red Blood Cell Disorders Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 13 |
| Total Skin Infections Hospitalizations - 280 and readmission rate of 14.64% | |
| Top Doctors for St. Luke's Hospital Skin Infections Hospitalizations | Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Jan 2014 to Dec 2018) |
|---|---|
| TIMOTHY CHARLES KLEINSCHMIDT | 19 |
| JAKE RICHARD POWELL | 18 |
| MARK J. PLACHTA | 17 |