Hospital News, Research & Data Analysis
By: Neha Thomas Jun. 23, 2020
Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals in Detroit, MI, showed that St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea, Beaumont Hospital (Trenton), and Beaumont Hospital (Grosse Pointe) had the best value outcomes over a 90 day episode for Hip & Knee replacement. 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 helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs, such as UOP ACO, LLC, make appropriate referral choices.
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By: Neha Thomas May. 28, 2020
Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals in Metro Detroit showed that St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea, McLaren Lapeer Region, and McLaren Port Huron had the best value outcomes over a 90 day episode for Sepsis. 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 helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs such as UOP ACO, 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. Read more