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31 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MEASUREMENT Hospital Quality Influences Readmission Rates Independent of Patient Factors By Anuja Vaidya A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined readmission outcomes among patients with similar diagnosis to hospitals in different perfor- mance quartiles. Researchers divided CMS' hospitalwide readmission measure cohort from July 2014 through June 2015 into two random samples of Medicare recipients. e researchers calculated the risk-standardized readmission rate within 30 days for each hospital. ey also classified hospitals into performance quartiles, with a lower readmission rate indicating better performance. The study included 37,508 patients who had two admissions for similar diagnoses at 4,272 dif- ferent hospitals. These admissions occurred more than one month and less than one year apart. e median risk-standardized readmission rate was 15.5 percent. e observed readmis- sion rate was consistently higher among patients admitted to hospitals in a low-performing quartile than among those admitted to hospitals in a high-performing quartile. However, the difference was only significant when comparing admissions to hos- pitals in the highest-performing quartile and the lowest-performing quartile. n How the Pioneer ACOs Stacked Up on Shared Savings, Quality in 2016 By Morgan Haefner T he majority of Pioneer ACOs ended the mod- el's final performance year with at least $1 million in shared savings, according to data CMS released Oct. 13. The Pioneer ACO initiative be- gan in 2012 and ended Dec. 31, 2016. The program started with 32 ACOs, and eight remained at the program's sunset. Here is how they compared in terms of shared savings in 2016. 1. Banner Health Network (Mesa, Ariz.) — $10,940,821 2. Michigan Pioneer ACO (Southfield) — $7,481,636 3. Montefiore ACO (New York City) — $7,413,869 4. Atrius Health (Newton, Mass.) — $6,847,951 5. Allina Health (Minneapolis) — $3,425,746 6. Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis) — $1,018,894 7. Monarch HealthCare (Irvine, Calif.) — $0 8. Partners HealthCare (Need- ham, Mass.) — $0 Here is how they compared in terms of overall quality scores in 2016. 1. Atrius Health — 95.74 per- cent 2. Montefiore ACO — 95.16 percent 3. Partners HealthCare — 94.51 percent 4. Fairview Health Services — 94.30 percent 5. Allina Health — 92.94 per- cent 6. Banner Health Network — 91.86 percent 7. Monarch HealthCare — 90.25 percent 8. Michigan Pioneer ACO — 88.93 percent n 3,100+ ATTENDEES FROM HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION REGISTER BY MARCH 1, 2018 AND SAVE! George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States of America President Bill Clinton Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States of America CELEBRITY KEYNOTES BY 9TH ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 11-14, 2018 HYATT REGENCY | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS REGISTER HERE www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference registration@beckershealthcare.com, jcole@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@ beckershealthcare.com or 800.417.2035. Great topics and speakers focused on strategy, health system alignment and growth, physician integration, improving profitability, ACOs, key specialties and more 275+ HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM EXECUTIVES SPEAKING OVER 320 SPEAKERS TOTAL