Development of the Self-Administered Health Complexity Screening Instrument

For patients of Primary Care Clinics, Mental Health Clinics, and/or Behavioral Health Providers, the HCS is an efficient way to screen all new patients, quickly identifying those who need additional case management assessment and/or assistance to follow their provider's treatment plan. For patients in facility care (e.g., inpatient, residential treatment facility, and skilled nursing facility), this screening tool would augment the discharge planning process by quickly identifying patients at high risk of readmission due to barriers to following the discharge plans. For insurance case managers, this tool would be an efficient way for intake coordinators to effectively screen and identify members for complex case management versus those that would benefit from less intensive case management services.