Table 4 Barriers and Potential Solutions to Coordinating HCBS
From: Home and community-based services coordination for homebound older adults in home-based primary care
Survey Question | N | N% |
|---|---|---|
How difficult is it to coordinate HCBS for your patients? | ||
Difficult/Very Difficult | 56 | 57% |
Neutral/Easy/Very Easy | 42 | 43% |
Top barriers to coordinating HCBS for patients/caregivers (Select all that apply) | ||
Cost to patient | 66 | 65% |
Eligibility requirements | 64 | 63% |
Insurance coverage | 61 | 60% |
Availability of local service providers | 40 | 40% |
Time delays | 40 | 40% |
What do you think would make the coordination of HCBS easier? (Select all that apply) | ||
A point person in the practice to coordinate services for every patient | 27 | 27% |
A local service that could handle everything | 24 | 24% |
Other | 16 | 16% |
More knowledge of local available services | 13 | 13% |
Defined quality measures for long-term services and supports (LTSS) | 12 | 12% |
Unknown | 9 | 9% |
Is your practice EMR interoperable with other HCBS providers or agencies? | ||
No | 66 | 81% |
Yes | 15 | 19% |