By: Emily Carpintero  Jan. 18, 2018

Recent Dexur analysis of CMS Medicare claims data for 2016 showed that Danbury Hospital located in Danbury, Connecticut had 20.31% of their revenue contributed by prior hospitalizations within 30 days. This rate is lower than the state average by 2.97% and lower than the national average by 6.61%. Revenue and length of stay (LOS) contributions from prior hospitalizations within 30 days are key metrics for healthcare professionals to assess a hospital's cost-effectiveness and quality improvement, especially since the implementation of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) in 2015. You can read about 30 day readmission contribution to revenue and percentage of days from length of stay contributed from prior hospitalizations within 30-days here.

By: Saparja Nag  Nov. 21, 2017

30 day readmission rates to index hospitals are commonly used to measure the continuity of care that patients receive. The metric is often utilized in hospital comparisons to explain differences in quality of care. The state of Connecticut had the highest proportion of readmissions admitted to the index hospital in the country based on Medicare data between October 2015 and September 2016. Dexur’s analysis revealed the 3 Connecticut hospitals with the highest readmission rates to index hospitals were Danbury Hospital, Stamford Hospital, and Yale-New Haven Hospital. A primer on 30 day readmissions to index and non-index hospitals can be found here.