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. 2024 May;30(6 Spec No.):SP478-SP482.
doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2024.89557.

Interventional analytics in skilled nursing facilities associated with reduced readmissions

Derek A Kaknes, Tanner B Barbour, Wenyan Ji, Steven M Stein, Mary D Naylor, Alexandra L Hanlon  1
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Interventional analytics in skilled nursing facilities associated with reduced readmissions

Derek A Kaknes et al. Am J Manag Care. 2024 May.

Abstract

Objective: To assess differences in longitudinal profiles for 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rates in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) associated with Penn Medicine's Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) that implemented an interventional analytics (IA) platform vs other LGH facilities lacking IA vs other SNFs in Pennsylvania vs facilities in all other states.

Study design: Retrospective longitudinal analysis of CMS readmissions data from 2017 through 2022, and cross-sectional analysis using CMS quality metrics data.

Methods: CMS SNF quality performance data were aggregated and compared with risk-adjusted readmissions by facility and time period. Each SNF was assigned to a cohort based on location, referral relationship with LGH, and whether it had implemented IA. Multivariable mixed effects modeling was used to compare readmissions by cohort, whereas quality measures from the fourth quarter of 2022 were compared descriptively.

Results: LGH profiles differed significantly from both state and national profiles, with LGH facilities leveraging IA demonstrating an even greater divergence. In the most recent 12 months ending in the fourth quarter of 2022, LGH SNFs with IA had estimated readmission rates that were 15.24, 12.30, and 13.06 percentage points lower than the LGH SNFs without IA, Pennsylvania, and national cohorts, respectively (all pairwise P < .0001). SNFs with IA also demonstrated superior CMS claims-based quality metric outcomes for the 12 months ending in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Conclusions: SNFs implementing the studied IA platform demonstrated statistically and clinically significant superior risk-adjusted readmission rate profiles compared with peers nationally, statewide, and within the same SNF referral network (P < .0001). A more detailed study on the use of IA in this setting is warranted.

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Risk-Adjusted Readmission Rates Over Time (Raw and Predicted) and CMS Readmission-Related Claims-Based Quality Measures IA, interventional analytics; LGH, Lancaster General Hospital; PA, Pennsylvania; SNF, skilled nursing facility.
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