May 2025 Utilization Report

 

Hoogtepunten: A look at Fig. 1 below outlines the changes in our focus metrics, all presenting a decline in volumes this month. Observation admissions declined compared to 2020 pre-COVID baseline from 10% in April to 2% in May. Psychiatric admissions showed the same decreasing pattern going from -21% below baseline in April to -22% in May. Emergency department visits and acute care admissions also show a decline in volumes going from -23% and -13% below baseline in April to -39% and -25% in May respectively. Ambulatory surgeries showed a decrease in volumes, going from 7% to 0% over baseline from last month to the current month. Newborn and neonatal admissions also present their lowest volumes in the past 15-month period displayed in the report as depicted in Tables 12 and 14. With the closure of United Medical Center (UMC) and opening of Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health in April 2025, data in the occupancy graphs shows the reduction in census at UMC and the corresponding increases in volumes at Cedar Hill. Although the influx of ED volumes began and remained high, the occupancy graphs at the end of the report show a slower ramp up for other services at Cedar Hill (see Average Daily Census by Hospital and Service graphs starting on page 13).