By: Neha Thomas  Jul. 15, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of medicare claims of hospitals within a 10-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee, showed that Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis, St. Francis Hospital - Memphis, and Methodist University Hospital had the best value outcomes over a 90 day episode for Hip & Knee replacement. Dexur’s value analysis tracks a patient’s episode of care from the date of admission for 90 days and includes the index hospitalizations, rehospitalization, home health, nursing home, and ED costs. Total cost of care data helps patients make appropriate choices and helps local ACOs, such as HealthChoice, LLC and St. Consolidated Medical Practices of Memphis, PLLC, make appropriate referral choices. The analysis was risk-adjusted, for alive and non-hospice patients and was done at the DRG level, specifically DRG 470: Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC), to adjust for complications and comorbidities.

By: Barsha Nandy  Mar. 17, 2020

Dexur’s analysis of the Medicare Claims data from Oct 2016 to Sep 2019 and found that Baptist Trinity Home Care ranked first in the list of hospices that were referred by the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Tennessee. Out of the 24,946 referrals made by the Baptist Memorial Hospital for the period above, Baptist Trinity Home Care and Hospice was referred for 1,128 of them, earning them a referral rate of 61.01%.

By: Jeffrey Maser  Feb. 14, 2018

In 2016, Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis accounted for the lowest skilled nursing facility (SNF) discharge rate for kidney and urinary tract infections out of all major Tennessee hospitals at 14.74%, according to a recent Dexur study. Bristol Regional Medical Center ranked 2nd with a 19.19% SNF discharge rate, nearly 4.5% higher than the rate at Baptist Memorial in Memphis. These were the only two facilities in Tennessee to report a rate under 20% for the condition. Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga ranked 3rd at 20.29%, Methodist University Hospital in Memphis ranked 4th at 20.71% and Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport ranked 5th at 21.21%. These five hospitals, along with sixth ranking CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, which reported a 22.83% rate, were the only major hospitals in Tennessee with a SNF discharge rate under 25% during the time frame.