VALUE OF CARE AT LAFAYETTE GENERAL SURGICAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Lafayette, LA 70503

Payment and Value of Care

LAFAYETTE GENERAL SURGICAL HOSPITAL
1000 W Pinhook Rd Suite 100 Lafayette, LA 70503
Phone: (337) 289-8095

The payment and value of care quality measures at Lafayette General Surgical Hospital evaluate the Medicare spending per beneficiary during an inpatient hospital admission through 30 days after discharge. The following measures are price-standardized and risk-adjusted: payment for heart attack, payment for heart failure patients and payment for pneumonia patients. The measures include patients 65 years or older who were enrolled in Medicare for 12 months prior to their hospitalization and 30 days after admission.

The payment measures include: payment for heart attacks, payment for heart failure patients and payment for pneumonia patients. The value of care combines measures of payment and the patient mortality rate to assess the value of care.