To help you to better understand why case mix is important to managed care and reimbursement methods; here are some fictional heart attack mortality rates for three different hospitals. Consider the national average for heart attack death rates to be 16%.
Hospital
National Mortality Rate 16%
Hospital A
Mortality Rate 16.1%
Hospital B
Mortality Rate 18.6%
Hospital C
Mortality Rate 15.7%
Part I
Ace my homework – Write a 3-4 page report in which you answer the following questions:
- Explain case mix and why it is important in evaluating different health care providers.
- Refer to the table of heart attack mortality rates for Hospitals A, B, and C. From your reading this week, what variables might be impacting the rates in the table? I need help writing my essay – research paper explain and discuss the use of data analysis for evaluating this kind of information.
Part II
You are a staff member at Hospital B, which has the worst mortality rate from heart attacks as seen in the table. Imagine that the administrator for Hospital B has asked you to appear at a Press Conference to share your knowledge about case mix.
You are a staff member at Hospital B, which has the worst mortality rate from heart attacks as seen in the table. Imagine that the administrator for Hospital B has asked you to appear at a Press Conference to share your knowledge about case mix.
Hospital
National Mortality Rate 16%
Hospital A
Mortality Rate 16.1%
Hospital B
Mortality Rate 18.6%
Hospital C
Mortality Rate 15.7%
After participating in the Press Conference, write a 2-page summary to explain the use of date for decision-making purposes, and how the technology department performs critical core business processes essential to the managed care organization.
