Missouri Nursing Homes Participating In A Quality Initiative Cut Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations By 58%, Which Saved Payers $32 Million Over Six Years

Eleven nursing homes, that participated in the Missouri Quality Initiative (MOQI) reduced potentially preventable hospitalizations for short- and long-stay residents by 58%, which saved payers more than $32 million from 2014 through 2019. The reduction in potentially preventable hospitalizations also improved revenue for the 11 nursing homes. Missouri Medicaid does not provide a “bed hold” payment or “empty bed days” reimbursement.

For long-stay residents of the 11 nursing homes participating in MOQI, hospitalization rates per 1,000 residents declined from an average of 2.36 in 2014, the baseline year, to an average of 1.79 per 1 . . .