By: Sara Riascos  Mar. 14, 2022

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is frequently associated with hospital readmission. Readmission is a hospital quality measure that reflects dimensions of quality of inpatient care and also impacts overall programs by payers such as CMS’s Star Rating Program, HRRP and Value-Based Purchasing.Ventolin (Albuterol) is an Inhaled beta-2-agonist. Studies have shown the use of Ventolin (Albuterol) had an improvement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) compared to the baseline. Other studies have shown the use of Ventolin (Albuterol) is safe for patients older than 4.

By: Sharath Joji  May. 19, 2021

South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, NY, reported a CMS Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Adjustment Factor of 0.9984 in the year 2021, which could result in an estimated penalty of $137,139. 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 South Shore University Hospital during the period was 0/10. Dexur is an approved purchaser of CMS Medicare claims data and based on our simulator, we estimate that South Shore University Hospital can avoid VBP penalties by reducing MSPB Costs by 2.2%.

By: Jeffrey Maser  Jan. 02, 2018

Dexur’s most recent analysis of digestive disorder discharges indicates that South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth led all Massachusetts hospitals in discharge volume for digestive disorders between January and December 2016 with 410 discharges. South Shore Hospital saw over 100 discharges more than the next highest volume hospital for digestive disorders, Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Baystate accounted for 293 discharges during the timeframe to rank 2^nd in Massachusetts and UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester saw 286 discharges, ranking 3^rd highest in volume.