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Health Risk Screening Tool

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 meet key requirements in the Medicaid Access Rule. Watch this video to learn how the HRST addresses specific Medicaid Access Rule requirements.

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  • Contribute valid and reliable health risk acuity data for regular payment rate analyses and establish 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 to ensure 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 the HRST

Provide

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

Identify

  • Inform state Medicaid IDD programs of 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

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

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