Dexur analyzed Oct 2016 to Aug 2019 Medicare claims data and determined of the 4,865 Hospitalizations at Watauga Medical Center, 656 were readmitted which was a readmission rate of 13.48%.
Watauga Medical Center's Readmission Penalties
| Provider Details
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2020 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2020 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2020 Readmission Reduction Payment
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2019 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2019 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2019 Readmission Reduction Payment
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2018 Readmission Adjustment Factor
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2018 Readmission Payment Reduction Percentage
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2018 Readmission Reduction Payment
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WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER
(336 Deerfield Road, Boone, NC, 28607)
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0.9951 |
-0.49 |
-$65,746 |
0.993 |
-0.7000000000000001 |
-$93,923 |
0.9883 |
-1.17 |
-$156,986 |
| Total Heart Failure Hospitalizations - 178 and readmission rate of 20.79% |
| Top Doctors for Watauga Medical Center Heart Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| DEBORAH JO TAYLOR |
29 |
| BRYANT ALAN WARD |
29 |
| HENRY D CREMISI |
26 |
| Total COPD Hospitalizations - 117 and readmission rate of 14.53% |
| Top Doctors for Watauga Medical Center COPD Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| DANIEL JAMES GOBLE |
24 |
| JOHN A HAWKINS |
18 |
| BRYANT ALAN WARD |
15 |
| Total Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations - 267 and readmission rate of 19.48% |
| Top Doctors for Watauga Medical Center Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| BRYANT ALAN WARD |
57 |
| DANIEL JAMES GOBLE |
51 |
| MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS |
50 |
| Total Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations - 117 and readmission rate of 15.38% |
| Top Doctors for Watauga Medical Center Intracranial Hemorrhage & Cerebral Infarction Hospitalizations |
Total Medicare Hospitalizations (Oct 2016 to Sep 2019) |
| MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS |
22 |
| BRYANT ALAN WARD |
21 |
| JOHN A HAWKINS |
21 |
| Total Red Blood Cell Disorders - 48 and readmission rate of 29.17% |