Benefits & Adjacent Uses
of the HRST
Adhering to the Access Rule Mandates Using the HRST
The HRST provides easy, immediate access to the information you need to respond to key requirements found in the Medicaid Access Rule.
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- Contribute valid and reliable health risk acuity data for regular payment rate analyses and establishing acuity-based tiered payments for selected HCBS services.
- Prioritize access to HCBS waiver programs, to reduce waiting lists and promote successful transitions to home and community-based services.
- Proactively prevent critical incidents, including unexplained or unanticipated deaths, through timely and accurate health risk identification.
- Enhance person-centered planning, ensuring the person’s health risks and risk mitigation strategies are clearly articulated.
- Serve as a comprehensive performance and quality measurement reporting mechanism.
- Respond in real-time by integrating ADT alerts and data from other sources, allowing for timely and compliant updates to the person-centered plan.
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Adjacent Uses of HRST
Provide
- Provide direct access to health risk information during selected IDD specific telemedicine encounters
- Provide context for state mortality reporting processes
- Provide data for initial and annual Level of Care (LOC) determinations
- Provide an electronic platform for nursing assessment data, health care plans, and person-centered plans
- Provide information to determine appropriateness for IDD Medical Health Homes
Identify
- Inform state Medicaid IDD program individualized budget and rate setting activities
- Inform prioritization for individuals on IDD HCBS Waiver waiting lists
- Inform state and provider direct support staff training initiatives
- Inform support needs in the person-centered plans
- Inform and assign case management support levels
- Inform and complement state incident management and sentinel event reporting processes
- Inform direct support and nursing staffing needs by measuring healthcare acuity
Assist
- Address continuity of care concerns related to direct support and case management staffing turnover
- Address CMS Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Health and Safety Performance Measures (PMs) and provide data for valid and reliable reporting on PMs
