HCIA collects, manages, and distributes comparative healthcare information. HCIA provides decision support systems to more than 1,500 hospitals, as well as many of the largest U.S. health insurance companies and managed care organizations for the purpose of measuring clinical outcomes and managing the medical costs of populations. Hospitals with the most significant decrease between expected and observed received the highest rankings. Favorable values are lower. HCIA compared the predicted number of complications with the observed number.
Favorable values are lower.
There is strong evidence supporting better outcomes as volumes increase. The actual ranking was based on patient volume within the hospital's region. Favorable values are higher. The average cost per patient is adjusted for differences in severity of illness and local wages. Favorable values are lower.