By: Emily Carpintero  Dec. 08, 2017

Dexur’s analysis of the most recently available CMS data (January - December 2016) shows that Mayo Clinic-Arizona’s revenue per patient day was 19.36% higher than the state’s average and 30.87% higher than the nation’s average. Dexur identified Medicare inpatients’ total payments, total days, and total payments per day at the national, state, and individual hospital level. These metrics are commonly used to compare cost of care across the country. Below is a graph highlighting the highest revenue categories in Mayo Clinic-Arizona and the payment per day for each category at the hospital, state and national level.

By: Saparja Nag  Nov. 15, 2017

Diabetes mellitus is a common pancreatic disease that negatively affects the way the body metabolizes and utilizes energy from food via insulin. There are two types: Type I and Type II. Type I is a condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. A lack of insulin makes it difficult for the body to break down glucose into usable energy. This type is common in younger patients and accounts for roughly 10% of all diabetics. Patients diagnosed with Type II diabetes produce insulin but the insulin does not function as it should. This variation occurs more often in people over 40 and in those who are overweight, affecting about 90% of diabetics.¹