By: Parvathy Rajagopal  Oct. 16, 2020

Dexur analyzed Medicare Claims data and replicated CMS algorithms to calculate Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) cost per episode of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and found that the cost per episode was $33,526 for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive, from Jan-Dec 2019. The cost increased by 12.55% in 2019 to reach $33,526 compared to $29,788 in 2018. MSPB is the only measure under the Efficiency and Cost Reduction domain under the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program and accounts for 25% of VBP adjustments.