St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, can earn VBP incentives by reducing MSPB costs by 10.3%

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By: Debasish Choudhury  Jun. 23, 2021

St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, OK, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) adjustment factor of 0.9932 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $737,938. 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. John 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. John Medical Center can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Cost by 10.3%.

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St. John Medical Center had the Most Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Medicare Inpatient Discharges in Oklahoma, Treating Over 600 Patients

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By: Saparja Nag  Jan. 25, 2018

According to an analysis done by Dexur, St. John Medical Center in Tulsa discharged the most Medicare inpatients with intracranial hemorrhages or cerebral infarctions of major hospitals in Oklahoma, with a total of 601 discharges between January and December 2016. The next two highest ranked hospitals were Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City and St. Francis Hospital with 364 and 352 relevant Medicare discharges, respectively. St. John Medical Center had roughly 65% more discharges than Mercy Hospital and 71% more than St. Francis Hospital. Intracranial hemorrhage and cerebral infarction conditions include 3 diagnosis-related groups defined below: DRG-064, DRG-065, and DRG-066.

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