Home health quality data has been refreshed on CMS Home Health Compare (data updated Oct 30, 2019) as follows:
Quality of patient care measures:
Quality of patient care star ratings – reporting data for 18Q2_19Q1
Note: The quality of patient care star rating summarizes 8 of the 23 quality measures reported on Home Health Compare. It provides a single indicator of an agency’s performance compared to other agencies.
Managing daily activities (3 measures) – reporting data for 18Q1_18Q4
- 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 18Q1_18Q4
- 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 (Note: *After October 2019, this measure will no longer reflect updated data)
Preventing harm (9 measures) – reporting data for 18Q1_18Q4
- 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 (6 measures) – reporting data as follows:
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital (18Q1_18Q4)
- How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room – without being admitted to the hospital (18Q1_18Q4)
- How often home health patients, who have had a recent hospital stay, had to be re-admitted to the hospital (16Q1_18Q4)
- 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 (16Q1_18Q4)
- How often patients remained in the community after discharge from home health
- Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from home health (*new measure) (16Q1_18Q4)
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 (18Q1_18Q4)
Patient survey results (6 measures) reporting data for 18Q2 _19Q1
- 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