Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) - Hospital

The MSPB Hospital measure evaluates hospitals’ risk-adjusted episode costs relative to the risk-adjusted episode costs of the national median hospital. Specifically, the MSPB Hospital measure assesses the cost to Medicare for Part A and Part B services performed by hospitals and other healthcare providers during an MSPB Hospital episode, which is comprised of the periods 3-days prior to, during, and 30-days following a patient’s hospital stay. The MSPB Hospital measure is not condition specific and uses standardized prices when measuring costs. Beneficiary populations eligible for the MSPB Hospital calculation include Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B who were discharged between January 1 and December 1 in a calendar year from short-term acute hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).