More than one-third of health care spending in Massachusetts is wasteful, squandered on unnecessary hospital readmissions and emergency room visits, according to detailed new report released today.
Wasteful spending in 2012 may have amounted to almost $27 billion, the report estimated.
The biggest waste of money — $700 million — was spent on readmissions of patients recently released from hospitals. Unnecessary ER visits tallied up $550 million in waste.
The study from the Health Policy Commission, a state watchdog group charged with monitoring health care costs in Massachusetts, also found that preventable infections acquired in health care settings cost $10 million to $18 million a year.
"Wasteful spending often results in poorer outcomes for patients," the report said.
It also slammed high-cost hospitals for not always providing high-level care: "Some hospitals deliver high-quality care with lower operating expenses, while many higher-expense hospitals achieve lower quality performance."
Massachusetts spends more per capita on health care than any other state, and health care costs here have grown faster than the national average.
The Health Policy Commission will discuss the findings of its report at a meeting today.
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