VALUE OF CARE AT SOUTHERN SURGICAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Slidell, LA 70458

Payment and Value of Care

SOUTHERN SURGICAL HOSPITAL
1700 W Lindberg Drive Slidell, LA 70458
Phone: (985) 641-0600

The payment and value of care quality measures at Southern 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.

Medicare spending per beneficiary

MeasureHospital AverageHow this Hospital Compares
Medicare Spending per BeneficiaryHospital Rate: 1.03 Measure: Medicare Spending per Beneficiary
Sample data was collected between 01/01/2014 and 12/31/2014
National Rate: 0.98
Medicare spends MORE per patient for an episode of care initiated at this hospital than it does per episode of care across all inpatient hospitals nationally.


Medicare spending per beneficiary performance rate.