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Many Neurology Readmissions Are Nonpreventable.

Sidney T Le1, S Andrew Josephson1, Hans A Puttgen2

  • 1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

The Neurohospitalist
|April 13, 2017
PubMed
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Many planned neurologic readmissions are incorrectly classified as unplanned by current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) methodology, impacting hospital penalties. Understanding planned readmissions is key to accurate assessment and potential penalty reduction.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • National focus on reducing unplanned hospital readmissions due to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) penalties.
  • Accurate identification of high-risk patients and planned readmissions is crucial for effective readmission reduction strategies.
  • Current methods for capturing planned readmissions may not fully align with patient-level chart review findings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the proportion of planned readmissions within neurology admissions.
  • To identify predictors of 30-day readmissions in neurology patients.
  • To evaluate the accuracy of current CMS methodology in classifying planned neurological readmissions.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective chart review of 5455 inpatient neurology admissions over two years at two major academic medical centers.
Keywords:
clinical specialtygeneral neurologyneurohospitalistneurosurgeryqualitysafetytechniques

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  • Collection of patient demographics, procedure and diagnosis codes, length of stay, and readmission data.
  • Multivariate logistic regression to identify readmission predictors and manual review of discharge summaries for planned readmission evidence.

    • Main Results:

    • 6.5% of discharges (353/5455) resulted in 30-day readmission.
    • 15.6% of readmissions (55/353) were identified as planned, primarily for neurosurgical procedures or immunotherapy.
    • Current CMS methodology would have classified only 8 of these planned readmissions as such.
    • Patient age and estimated length of stay were significant predictors of readmission.

    Conclusions:

    • A substantial proportion of neurological readmissions are planned but often misclassified as unplanned by CMS.
    • Current CMS methodology may inaccurately penalize hospitals for planned neurological readmissions.
    • Recommendations include modifying CMS criteria for planned neurological procedures and diagnoses to improve accuracy.