Acentra Health -
Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU)
Enhancing the health and wellness of people with intellectual disability/autism (ID/A)
through the sharing of information.
Announcements
- For information about the HRST process, refer to the Pennsylvania Health Risk Screening Tool Protocol Update.
- Residential Providers and Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs): To request addition, update, and/or removal of HRST users for the agency, please submit a new or updated user spreadsheet to the HCQU HRST Gatekeeper (hrstgatekeeper@acentra.com), following the steps detailed in the HRST Best Practice Guide for PA Providers (applicable to providers and SCOs). New users receive HRST user profile credentials directly from HRS, via email.
- Rater Requirements – Successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training. SCO users are encouraged (but not required) to complete the HRST Online Rater Training.
- Clinical Reviewer Requirements – (1) RN or LPN licensure, (2) successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training, and (3) participation in 1-day HRST Clinical Reviewer Training session. Contact pasupport@replacingrisk.com for a current schedule of HRST Clinical Reviewer Training sessions and registration information.
- An RN must provide oversight for LPN Clinical Reviewers
- Submit questions about the HRST user profile spreadsheet to hrstgatekeeper@acentra.com
- Submit technical questions about the HRST tool to pasupport@replacingrisk.com
- Submit clinical questions related to the HRST to paclinassist@replacingrisk.com.
Acentra Health, is the service provider on behalf of Westmoreland County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.