The CMS Home Health Compare Web site has been updated to report home health quality data for time period April 2008 to March 2009 for the following 12 measures:
- Percentage of patients who get better at walking or moving around
- Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed
- Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around
- Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves
- Percentage of patients who get better at bathing
- Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)
- Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often
- Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends
- Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation
- Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital
- Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care
- Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected