Home health quality data has been refreshed on CMS Home Health Compare (data updated July 24, 2019) as follows:
- Quality of Care measures:
- Quality of patient care star ratings
Managing daily activities (3 measures) – reporting data for 17Q4_18Q3
- How often patients got better at walking or moving around
- How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
- How often patients got better at bathing
Managing pain and treating symptoms (4 measures) – reporting data for 17Q4_18Q3
- How often patients had less pain when moving around
- How often patients’ breathing improved
- How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation
- How often patients developed new or worsened pressure ulcers
Preventing harm (9 measures) – reporting data for 17Q4_18Q3
- How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner
- How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
- How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
- How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling
- How often the home health team checked patients for depression
- How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season
- How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
- For patients with diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care
- How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completed timely
Preventing unplanned hospital care (5 measures) – reporting data as follows:
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital (17Q1_17Q4)
- How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room – without being admitted to the hospital (17Q1_17Q4)
- How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, had to be re-admitted to the hospital
- 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
- How often patients remained in the community after discharge from home health
Payment and value of care (1 measure)
- How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally
2. Patient survey results (6 measures) reporting data for 18Q1 _18Q4
- Patient survey summary star rating.
- How often the home health team gave care in a professional way
- How well did the home health team communicate with patients
- Did the home health team discuss medicines, pain, and home safety with patients
- How do patients rate the overall care from the home health agency
- Would patients recommend the home health agency to friends and family
Read more:
- CMS Home Health Compare: https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/