Home health quality data has been refreshed on CMS Home Health Compare (data updated July 25, 2018) as follows:
1. Quality of patient care measures:
- Managing daily activities (3 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q4_17Q3
- Managing pain and treating symptoms (3 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q4_17Q3
- Preventing harm (8 measures) – reporting data for time period 16Q4_17Q3
- Preventing unplanned hospital care (4 measures) – reporting data to 17Q3
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital: 16Q4_17Q3
- How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room – without being admitted to the hospital: 16Q4_17Q3
- How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, had to be re-admitted to the hospital: 14Q4- 17Q3
- 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: 14Q4- 17Q3
2. Patient survey results (5 measures) 17Q1_17Q4