By: Sampath Kumar  May. 25, 2021

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Illinois reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) adjustment factor of 0.9885 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $486,178. 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 Franciscan Health Olympia Fields during the period was 0/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that Franciscan Health Olympia Fields can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Cost by 13.4%.

By: Saparja Nag  Dec. 13, 2017

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois was one of only two hospitals in the state to have over 85% of inpatient discharges with the emergency department as the initial source according to a Dexur analysis of CMS claims from 2016. Franciscan Health had 88.90% of inpatient discharges begin in the ED, while Little Company of Mary Hospital was ranked 2nd for this metric at 86.33%. Both of these hospitals had values over 20% higher than the national average. Percentage of inpatient discharges with ED as the source can be representative of the patient population’s needs and informs the hospital of the resources they require to treat them.