By: Barsha Nandy  Mar. 03, 2020

Dexur analysts studied Medicare Inpatient data for multiple DRGs from CMS and found that Orlando Health Orlando Medical Center, FL accounted for the second-lowest average length of stay (LOS) for heart failure and shock with major complication or comorbidity (MCC) and the lowest LOS major joint replacement of lower extremity without MCC at 5.21 and 1.71, respectively, among top facilities in Florida for Q3 2019. For DRG 470: major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without major complication, the national and state LOS average stands at 2.21 and 2.38, respectively, which is substantially more than Orlando Regional Medical Center’s average of 1.71.

By: Jeffrey Maser  Jan. 05, 2018

Dexur analysts recently analyzed all inpatient claims data for U.S. Medicare enrollees between October 2015 - September 2016 and found that Dr. Vuong B. Nguyen, Dr. Edward J. Stolarski, and Dr. Edward Thomas Humbert were the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th highest volume physicians for hip and knee replacements during the time period. Dr. Nguyen practices at Orlando Regional Medical Center and accounted for 545 Medicare discharges. Dr. Stolarski, who practices primarily at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, accounted for 509 discharges and Dr. Humbert, whose primary practicing location is Lee Memorial Hospital, accounted for 504 discharges. The only U.S. physician to account for more discharges from Medicare enrollees than Dr. Nguyen during the timeframe was Dr. Andrew Glen Yun, who accounted for 752 discharges while practicing at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California.