By: Jeffrey Maser  Apr. 03, 2018

A recent Dexur study of Medicare inpatient claims data from CMS indicates that Dr. Mark Groh of Mission Hospital in Asheville performed the most cardiac valve and cardiothoracic procedures out of all North Carolina physicians with 470 discharges between 2013-2016. Dr. Groh was the only physician in the state with more than 400 discharges during the time period. Three physicians from Duke University Hospital in Durham ranked 2nd through 4th. Dr. George C. Hughes ranked 2nd with 383 discharges, Dr. Donald D. Glower ranked 3rd with 356 discharges, and Dr. Jeffrey G. Gaca ranked 4th with 328 discharges. Dr. Barry Chan of Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte ranked 5th with 266 discharges.

By: Emily Carpintero  Jan. 04, 2018

Dexur’s recent analysis of CMS Medicare claims data for the time period of January 2016 through December 2016 showed that Mission Hospital’s Medicare super utilizers contributed 42.68% to the hospital’s readmissions. Dexur analysts identified the hospital’s Medicare inpatient super utilizers percentage of discharges, their contribution to LOS, their contribution to revenue, and their contribution to readmissions. Super utilizers are responsible for nearly half of the total cost of public healthcare due to their multiple emergency department visits and multiple hospital admissions. Super utilizers contribution to LOS, revenue, and readmission rate of a hospital are relevant metrics for healthcare professionals to create and implement practices that lead to positive clinical and economic outcomes. The graph below depicts the percentage of revenue contributed by Medicare inpatient super utilizers for six different hospital categories.