Hospital News, Research & Data Analysis
By: Sara Riascos Apr. 04, 2022
Sepsis is frequently associated with hospital readmission. Readmission is a hospital quality measure that reflects dimensions of quality of inpatient care and also impacts overall programs by payers such as CMS’s Star Rating Program, HRRP and Value-Based Purchasing. Levaquin(Levofloxacin) is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of various bacterial infections. Studies have shown that treatment with Levaquin(Levofloxacin)was as effective and well tolerated for patients hospitalized with suspected bacteraemia/sepsis.
Read moreSt. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA, can earn VBP incentives by reducing MSPB costs by 12.0%
By: Sharath Joji Jul. 08, 2021
St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Adjustment Factor of 0.9901 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $346,632. Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) accounts for 25% of overall VBP score and is a significant factor in driving VBP payments. MSPB costs include the costs from 3 days before hospitalization, index hospital stays, and 30 days post-discharge. The measure score of the Efficiency & Cost Reduction domain for St. Francis Hospital during the period was 0/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that St. Francis Hospital can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Costs by 12.0%. Read more
By: Jeffrey Maser Dec. 28, 2017
According to a recent Dexur analysis, St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York accounted for the lowest kidney and urinary tract infection readmission rate out of all U.S. hospitals last year with a readmission rate of 9.32%. The only other U.S. facilities to report a readmission rate under 10% for kidney and urinary tract infections were New York Community Hospital in Brooklyn, New York and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California; the two hospitals accounted for readmission rates of 9.92% and 9.93%, respectively.
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