Home health quality data has been refreshed on CMS Home Health Compare (data updated July 12, 2017) as follows:
1. Quality of patient care measures:
Managing daily activities (3 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q1_16Q4
Managing pain and treating symptoms (6 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q1_16Q4
Preventing harm (8 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q1_16Q4
Preventing unplanned hospital care (4 measures) – reporting data to September 30, 2016
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital: 15Q4_16Q3
- How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room – without being admitted to the hospital: 15Q4_16Q3
- How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, had to be re-admitted to the hospital: 13Q4_16Q3
- How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, received care in the hospital emergency room without being re-admitted to the hospital: 13Q4_16Q3
Not reported: Treating wounds and preventing pressure sores (4 measures) – these measures were not reported in the latest data update on CMS Home Health Compare. In the previous update in April, these measures reported data for time period 15Q3_16Q2
2. Patient survey results (5 measures) 16Q1_16Q4