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Kentucky Hospital Association says ATRIP raised payments and helped hospitals reduce readmissions, sepsis and opioid prescribing
Summary
Kentucky Hospital Association presenters told the Committee on Health Services that ATRIP raised Medicaid payments to near commercial levels and funded quality initiatives that coincided with lower readmissions, greater sepsis screening, reduced opioid prescribing and increased mental-health screening in emergency departments.
Kentucky Hospital Association leaders told the Committee on Health Services that the Medicaid state-directed Hospital Rate Improvement Program (known in testimony as ATRIP) has increased hospital Medicaid payments, funded quality initiatives and supported statewide improvements in several clinical areas.
Nancy Galvani, senior KHA representative, and Jim Musser presented the program to the committee and described ATRIP as a Medicaid state-directed payment program that allows the state to draw down additional federal funds funded by a hospital provider assessment. They described the program as increasing Medicaid payments to roughly 95% of the average commercial payment rate for inpatient and outpatient services and as a value-based program that ties a portion of funding to quality-improvement measures.
Presenters said hospitals used ATRIP funds to expand sepsis screening and early treatment, reduce unplanned readmissions (from…
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