Top Seven Readmissions

These seven conditions accounted for nearly 30 percent of Medicare spending on readmissions in 2005.

Condition	Type of admission	Number of admissions	Readmission rate	Average Medicare payment for readmission	Total spending
Heart Failure	Medical	90,273	12.5%	$6,531	$590 million
COPD	Medical	52,327	10.7%	$6,587	$345 million
Pneumonia	Medical	74,419	9.5%	$7,165	$533 million
AMI	Medical	20,866	13.4%	$6,535	$136 million
CABG	Surgical	18,554	13.5%	$8,136	$151 million
PTCA	Surgical	44,293	10.0%	$8,109	$359 million
Other vascular	Surgical	18,029	11.7%	$10,091	$182 million
Total for top 7		318,761			$2.296 billion
Total DRGs		1,134,483			$7.98 billion
Percentage of total DRGs of Top 7		28.1%			28.8%

Sources: 3M Company analysis of 2005 Medicare discharge data; MedPac Report to Congress, June 2007

This article 1st appeared in the May 2008 issue of HHN Magazine.

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