Bill Text: MO HCR50 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requests the Department of Health and Senior Services to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Referred: Health Care Policy (H) [HCR50 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HCR50-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 50
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HIGDON (Sponsor), JOHNSON, CONWAY (27) AND KLIPPENSTEIN (Co-sponsors).
WHEREAS, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common serious heart rhythm disorder and causes 15% of all strokes in the United States; and
WHEREAS, atrial fibrillation affects more than 2.3 million Americans and is expected to more than double to 5.6 million Americans by 2050; and
WHEREAS, 1 in 4 people aged 40 years or older develop atrial fibrillation during their lifetime; and
WHEREAS, atrial fibrillation causes the heart to beat irregularly or out of rhythm. As a result, people with AFib are nearly 5 times more likely to have a stroke than a person without the condition. In addition, AFib-related strokes are about twice as likely to be fatal and about twice as likely to be severely disabling than strokes that are not related to AFib; and
WHEREAS, 3 out of 4 AFib-related strokes can be prevented, but many patients are not aware of their risk and do not take action to prevent stroke; and
WHEREAS, the estimated direct medical cost of stroke for 2007 was $25.2 billion, including hospital outpatient or office-based provider visits, hospital inpatient stays, emergency room visits, prescribed medications, and home health; and
WHEREAS, appropriate stroke prevention in AFib can effectively reduce the overall financial burden of the illness within public programs such as Medicaid and Medicare; and
WHEREAS, reducing the risk of stroke related to AFib may maintain self sufficiency on the part of patients cared for within public programs:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby request the Department of Health and Senior Services to pursue the feasibility of implementing a program to assess chronic disease management of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation using available appropriations and private sources of funding in an effort to identify opportunities to reduce the financial and clinical burden of AFib-related strokes upon the State of Missouri and public programs, including Medicare and Medicaid; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at the conclusion of such an assessment, a report of findings and recommendations be prepared and submitted to the general assembly so it can evaluate the effectiveness of the current quality of care within public programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and in providing recommendations for improved health and well being of the affected patients; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for Margaret T. Donnelly, Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
