Section 22-A2514. ACUITY LEVELS

2514.1 The Department shall assign each Health Home consumer into either a high- or low-acuity category.   

 

2514.2A High Acuity adult consumer is a consumer  with serious and persistent mental illness and at least one (1) high-cost condition (i.e., cancer; coronary artery disease; diabetes; peripheral vascular disease; congestive heart failure; cirrhosis; HIV; lung disease; multiple sclerosis; quadriplegia; seizure disorders; rheumatoid arthritis) and a history in the past year of:

 

(a) A high-cost chronic medical condition and one (1) non-psychiatric hospitalization; or

 

(b) Two (2) or more non-psychiatric hospitalizations; or

 

(c) One (1) psychiatric hospitalization.

 

2514.3A low-acuity consumer is an adult consumer with serious and persistent mental illness who does not qualify as a high-acuity consumer. 

 

 

authority

Sections 5113, 5115, 5117 and 5118 of the Department of Behavioral Health Establishment Act of 2013, effective December 24, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-61; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1141.02, 7-1141-04, 7-1141.06 and 7-1141.07 (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 849 (January 22, 2016).