Successfully Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative

The goals of the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) for long-stay nursing home residents were to reduce the frequency of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, improve resident health outcomes, improve the process of transitioning between inpatient hospitals and nursing facilities, and reduce overall healthcare spending without restricting access to care or choice of providers. The MOQI was one of 7 program sites in the United States, with specific interventions unique to each site tested for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Innovations Center.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - July 28, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Marilyn J. Rantz, Lori Popejoy, Amy Vogelsmeier, Colleen Galambos, Greg Alexander, Marcia Flesner, Charles Crecelius, Bin Ge, Gregory Petroski Tags: Original Study Source Type: research