Mortality Reduction – Part 1

Mortality scores are increasingly an issue for many health care organizations across the country. Obviously, the pandemic had a major role in affecting these scores, but the truth is this was an issue before the pandemic and only rose to attention of the public and regulators from it. Despite the obvious reasons organizations need to address their mortality scores as a key quality indicator, these scores also are a major influence in national quality scores and reputation. Organizations can also use good scores as leverage in negotiations with payers. In earlier episodes, we addressed this issue with a data scientist and a documentation specialist. In this series, a physician executive gives his perspective. Guest speaker: Aman Sabharwal, MD, MHA, CPHM Executive Principal Operations and Quality Vizient Moderator: Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM Principal Clinical Operations and Quality Vizient Show Notes: [01:32] Importance of mortality scores [02:50] Putting the pandemic aside [03:09] Mortality weighs heavily in rankings [04:08] Mortality scores and payers [04:30] The O/E Ratio [06:11] Four workstreams to address mortality [08:33] One single thing an organization can do to improve ranking Links | Resources: To contact Modern Practice: [email protected] Aman Sabharwal’s contact email: [email protected] Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement – Mortality (AHRQ) Click here Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic (JAMA Internal Medicine) Click here Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Spotify Android Google Podcasts Stitcher RSS Feed