All information in
this report is taken from the Medicare Provider Analysis and
Review (MedPAR)
file which is updated annually by CMS based on the federal
fiscal year. The file includes billing data for 100% of
all Medicare fee-for-service claims for discharges during the
twelve months ending September 30. The report is
consistent with
CMS
Data Release policies.
Medical service
categories are based on groupings of patient MS-DRGs. Click
on any medical service in the report to see the
MS-DRGs
that are
combined to define the category.
- Number of
Medicare Discharges - total number of IPPS claims for the
MS-DRG.
- Average
Length of Stay - total patient days divided by the number of
discharges.
- Average
Charges - total gross charges divided by the number of
discharges
- Medicare
CMI - the Medicare case
mix index (CMI) is based on the Medicare Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment System for the corresponding federal fiscal
year. The CMI for long term acute care (LTAC) hospitals
reflects LTAC
MS-DRGs.