By: Sharath Joji  May. 26, 2021

St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Adjustment Factor of 0.9896 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $842,463. 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. Joseph's University Medical Center 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. Joseph's University Medical Center can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Costs by 13.1%.