Selected news releases for today's health care executives
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Hospital Benchmarking Tools and Guides: The Comparative Performance of U.S. Hospitals Sourcebook, The DRG Handbook, Profiles of U.S. Hospitals, Length of Stay Series --Available in MCOL's Managed Care Store at: https://www.managedcarestore.com/
The Sourcebook is the gold standard for measuring hospital operations and financial performance. It is the only resource that provides five years of proprietary comparative and historical data on 60 key performance measures. And because this information is prepared for 150+ hospital comparison groups, The Sourcebook gives you the ability to make intelligent data comparisons. The Sourcebook's data detail nearly every aspect of hospital finance and utilization, including performance measures in each of the following categories:
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are the building blocks for hospital reimbursement under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS). As rising health care costs combine with continuous demand for quality services and lower payments, comparative financial and clinical data on the top DRGs are vital. The DRG Handbook is your best resource for creating financially solid coverage contracts, realistic budgets, and accurate length of stay projections - saving your facility money while increasing profits.
Evaluate your financial and statistical position for 100 of the most significant DRGs, plus two significant obstetrical/gynecological and pediatric DRGs with detailed clinical, financial, and demographic breakdowns.
Six pages of all-payer and Medicare data for each DRG feature tables that include:
This edition contains hard-to-locate performance details and comparative rankings for nearly 6,000 acute care and specialty hospitals Included is crucial information that helps you examine and compare key performance issues:
The Length of Stay series addresses varying stays associated with every ICD-9-CM code (both diagnosis and operation) for patients in five age groups, enabling you to identify stays that are realistic and on-target for your patients' unique characteristics. Data for the LOS series are compiled from an all-payer database representing approximately 19 million discharges. Standards are based on actual inpatient LOS. They are more reliable guidelines than criteria-based/survey-based models.
Utilization management professionals depend on LOS data for:
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