Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ Offers Guide To Reduce Medicaid Hospital Readmissions

A guide to help hospitals expand efforts to reduce readmissions among Medicaid patients is now available from AHRQ. The “Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions” can help acute care facilities adapt or expand existing Medicaid readmission reduction efforts; develop Medicaid readmission reduction strategies using the guide’s roadmap featuring 13 customizable online tools; comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation requirements for standard, improved and transitional care for all patients; and develop partnerships across other settings. The guide is the only federal tool available that is tailored to the adult Medicaid population. Hospitals at different stages of readmission reduction efforts can benefit from implementing this guide. It can be viewed or downloaded from the AHRQ website. Free copies also are available viaemail or phone, (800) 358-9295.

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Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions

Reducing readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. Readmissions are a significant issue among patients with Medicaid. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions can be adapted or expanded to better address the transitional care needs of the adult Medicaid population.

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Prepared by:

Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, Inc.
Amy Boutwell, M.D., M.P.P.

John Snow, Inc.
James Maxwell, Ph.D.
Angel Bourgoin, Ph.D.
Sarah Genetti, B.A.

Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Principal Investigators
Introduction
Why Focus on Medicaid Readmissions?
How To Use This Guide
Overview of Guide Content
Roadmap of Tools
Section 1: Know Your Data
Section 2: Inventory Readmission Reduction Efforts
Section 3: Develop a Portfolio of Strategies
Section 4: Improve Hospital-Based Transitional Care Processes for Medicaid Patients
Section 5: Collaborate With Cross-Setting Partners
Section 6: Provide Enhanced Services for High-Risk Patients
References


Tools
Introduction to the Tools
Tool 1: Data Analysis Tool
Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool
Tool 3: Data Analysis Synthesis Tool
Tool 4: Hospital Inventory Tool
Tool 5: Cross-Continuum Team Inventory Tool
Tool 6: Conditions of Participation Checklist Tool
Tool 7: Portfolio Design Tool
Tool 8: Readmission Reduction Impact and Financial Analysis Tool
Tool 9: Readmission Risk Tool
Tool 10: Whole-Person Assessment Tool
Tool 11: Discharge Information Checklist
Tool 12: Cross-Continuum Team How To Tool
Tool 13: Community Resource Guide Tool


Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. HHSA290201000034I.

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without specific permission of copyright holders.

No investigators have any affiliations or financial involvement (e.g., employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties) that conflict with material presented in this report.

Current as of August 2014

Internet Citation: Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions. August 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/index.html