4. Exorbitant Costs of Coronary Disease Care
in the United States
$10 Billion
$6.4 Billion
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
PCI Cost CAD hospitalization
US$(Billions)
Annual Costs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, CAD white paper, version date 5/20/16
5. From CMS…
• “This lack of incentives for delivering high-
value care across the continuum of CAD too
often results in higher than necessary rates of
adverse events, hospital admissions and re-
admissions, and lack of appropriate preventive
services and follow-up for patients with CAD.”
8. Newer payment changes on the
horizon…
• Will transform the delivery of PCI
• Requires physicians and administrators to
engage and understand what drives outcomes
AND costs !!
9. Risk and Complexity of PCI Patients is
Increasing
• Comorbidities are on the rise
12. Outcomes
• Persistently poor
• Large degree of variation in practices
• Large variation in outcomes
• Large variation in costs
13. Large Variation in Costs of PCI across US Hospitals
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
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Hospitals ranked in ascending order of their PCI costs
Variation in Hospital Costs of PCI
32% of the variation in PCI costs was explained
by ‘hospitals’ alone, despite extensive
adjustment of patient level factors
Amin AP et al. AHA QCOR conference 2015
17. Adjusted Costs of Radial PCI:
From 5 US Hospitals
$14,954
$15,784
$14,000
$14,500
$15,000
$15,500
$16,000
Radial Femoral
P < 0.001
Δ $ 830 favoring radial PCI
Amin AP et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Aug;6(8):827-34.
18. Current Hospital Costs of PCI:
the PCI Care Pathway
Amin AP et al. Accepted for Publication JACC Intv. 2016
19. Δ $ 3,600 favoring radial SDD PCI
Current Hospital Costs of PCI:
the PCI Care Pathway
Amin AP et al. Accepted for Publication JACC Intv. 2016
20. Cost savings to a hospital performing 1,000 elective PCI procedures
annually, when converting from the current pathway of TFI NSDD to
TRI SDD
Amin AP et al. Accepted for Publication JACC Intv. 2016
23. Market Leader in St. Louis Metropolitan Area
U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals in
America” Honor Roll for 22 Consecutive Years
During 2014:
• 955,986 OP visits
• 1,167 Staffed Beds
• 57,718 Inpatient Admissions
• 47,299 Surgeries
Heart & Vascular Program Ranked #15 via U.S.
News & World Report
24. PCI Outcomes at BJH before we
started….
• Excellent Mortality
• Excellent STEMI D2B
• However, a high rate of
bleeding complications
10.37%
8.87%
7.13%
8.96%
8.23%
7.79%
8.20%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3
2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012
PCI related Bleeding Events (%)
NCDR Avg 4.43%
25. Patient Centered Approach in the
Cathlab
• We predict patient-specific risk via a software
solution (ePRISM)
• We target those at the highest risk with
evidence based safe therapies – the goal is to
achieve high reliability
32. Same Day Discharge (~80%) has reduced
LOS and Cost
• Our unique “patient-centered approach” to SDD:
• Provides us the ability to perform SDD even when
PCI complexity is high
36. Patient Satisfaction is High with SDD
19%
82%
12%
88%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Excellent
Care - No
Excellent
Care - Yes
Extremely
Satisfied - No
Extremely
Satisfied -
Yes
38. PCI Cost Per Case by DRG (Medicare Pts Only):
BJH has lower spend than most hospitals
BJH Hospital National Avg
39. Total Cost Savings Annually ~ $5 Million
Savings from a reduction in PCI complications $1,235,000
Increased revenue from improved outcomes (QHIP) $884,000
Increased revenue from Medicare (VBP) program $600,000
Savings from Same Day Discharge (SDD) program $452,000
Savings on PCI medications / Pharmacy savings $494,000
Estimated total savings $3,665,000
49. Case Example
• 86 yr old female, 46 kg, frail, severe COPD/asthma, FEV1
41%, steroids for 45 yrs, thin skin, bruised all over, CKD,
eGFR 30, HTN, PVD, CVD, Afib, on coumadin, CHF EF 35%,
RWMA, restrictive physiology, porcelain aorta on CXR,
extensive coronary calcium
• Presents with crescendo unstable angina, she thinks its
“asthma”
• EKG changes of ST–depression V1-V6 at baseline
• Refusing CABG