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Casemix-Adjusted Inpatient Hospital Average Length of Stay

CBE ID
0328
Endorsement Status
1.1 New or Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

This measure calculates a casemix-adjusted inpatient average length of stay (ALOS) for medical and surgical admissions for Commercial and Medicare populations. The measure can be reported at the hospital level or the service category level (medical vs. surgical).

        • 1.14 Numerator

          The numerator is the number of acute medical and surgical inpatient days associated with the admissions included in the denominator.

        • 1.15 Denominator

          The denominator includes medical and surgical admissions to acute care hospitals for Commercial or Medicare populations.

        • Exclusions

          Exclusions:
          1. Discharged with admission and/or discharge date missing or not valid
          2. Obstetric, NICU, Transplants, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse (as defined by the APR-DRG or MS-DRG grouping logic);
          3. MS-DRG weight or APR-DRG weight missing;
          4. Skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions;
          5. Admissions with ALOS > Mean + 3 STD calculated at the APR-DRG/MS-DRG level

        • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
          Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions Project 2013-2014
          Initial Endorsement
          Last Updated
          Removal Date
        • Steward
          United Health Group
          Steward Organization POC Email