As you know, for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan members who’ve been hospitalized for a mental illness, scheduling timely post-discharge appointments is vital to the member’s success after they’ve been discharged. These follow-up appointments can help members reacclimate to the community and reduce readmission rates.
Scheduling follow-up appointments for your patients
The Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH) HEDIS® measure assesses the percentage of inpatient discharges for a diagnosis of mental illness among patients ages 6 and older that resulted in follow-up care with a mental health provider within 7 days.
Follow-up appointments can be an outpatient visit, intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalization with a mental health practitioner. Appointments with primary care physicians, drug and alcohol counselors and non-licensed clinicians don’t count towards the FUH measure.
Appointment types that count for the FUH measure
Appointment types that do not count for the FUH measure
Questions?
Contact your designated UnitedHealthcare Care Advocate or Senior Quality Analyst Charles Nails at charles_m_nails@uhc.com.