UCLA's HRRP Exposure
"UCLA Health's reported 30-day HF readmission rate sits at ~22% per CMS Care Compare — and the HRRP penalty exposure scales with every preventable bounce-back."
CMS Care Compare reports UCLA Health's 30-day heart failure readmission rate at approximately 22%, materially above the national median and well above Summit Cardiac's sub-8% program target. Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, excess HF readmissions translate directly into Medicare payment reductions — a recurring annual penalty that compounds across the heart failure, AMI, and CABG service lines. UCLA already operates a strong telehealth and remote-patient-monitoring (RPM) program; the gap is the in-person, ICU-credentialed layer that catches the decompensating patient before the bounce-back occurs.
Summit Cardiac's Augmentation
- In-person, ICU/CCU-credentialed RN visits as augmentation to UCLA's existing telehealth/RPM program — Victor Musoke personally conducts every home visit in the Westwood, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Santa Monica neighborhoods where UCLA's discharged cardiac patients return. Hands-on decompensation assessment that telehealth scales cannot replicate for the highest-acuity subset of the panel.
- Hands-on assessment + escalation to the discharging UCLA cardiologist — when a patient shows signs of decompensation at home, the Summit team escalates directly to the discharging UCLA cardiologist (named end point on the care plan). UCLA retains clinical ownership; Summit provides the in-home presence and assessment bandwidth between visits.
- Continuous monitoring stack — Masimo SpO2, KardiaMobile 6L ECG, and daily weights — that augments UCLA's existing RPM stack rather than competes with it. Early-warning data streams to UCLA's care team via the same channels they already monitor, with Summit's nurses serving as the on-the-ground response arm.
Team Credentials
UCLA ROI & Pilot Pricing
The value case rests on HRRP penalty exposure plus avoidable real-dollar readmission cost. UCLA's reported 30-day HF readmission rate is materially above the national benchmark; each preventable readmission avoids both the penalty line and a $14K–$20K direct cost-of-care event.
30-Day HF Readmit Rate
(CMS Care Compare)
Per 30-Day HF Readmit
Program Target
Pilot Partnership Ask
"A 90-day pilot with 10–20 UCLA-discharged HF, AMI, or post-CABG patients, with co-branded reporting back to UCLA's case management leadership on readmissions, escalation patterns, and HRRP-relevant outcomes. Pilot pricing is bundled; no separate implementation fee."