Home Health QRP Spotlight and Announcements
Home Health QRP Spotlight and Announcements
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About this Page
The page provides recent news and updates pertinent to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program. On this page, you will find announcements about posting resource guides and fact sheets, the availability of Q&A documents, and information about Home Health Compare, among other notifications. Questions about home health quality measures, including the Quality of Patient Care star ratings, can be sent to HomeHealthQualityQuestions@cms.hhs.gov. For any other questions, please see the Home Health Quality Reporting Program Help Desks webpage to identify the correct contact email and/or phone number.
Find program guidance and information about our response to COVID-19 here: COVID-19 Updates.
Updates
December 23, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Final version of the OASIS-E1 All Items Instrument
The final version of the OASIS-E1 All Items instrument is now available in the Downloads section of the OASIS Data Sets webpage.
December 20, 2024
NEW AND UPDATED RESOURCES AVAILABLE: All-Payer Transition for OASIS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering an updated web-based training course that provides an introduction to the HH QRP as well as a fact sheet regarding the end of the temporary suspension of Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data collection on non-Medicare/non-Medicaid Home Health Agency (HHA) patients.
These resources can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training page
December 16, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Final OASIS-E1 Time Points Instruments
The final OMB-approved OASIS-E1 time points Instruments, effective 1/1/2025, are now available in a zip file in the Downloads section of the OASIS Data Sets webpage.
A change table OASIS-E1 Instruments March 2024 – December 2024 Changes, also available in the Downloads section of the OASIS Data Sets webpage, lists minor corrections from the draft to final versions. The final OASIS-E1 All Items instrument will be posted when available.
December 12, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Final version of the OASIS-E1 Manual and Change Table
The final version of the OASIS-E1 Manual, and the change table OASIS-E1 Changes from May 2024 Draft to Dec 2024 Final Manual, are now available in the Downloads section of the OASIS User Manuals webpage.
November 27, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- The updated CMS Q&As and the new CMS Home Health All-Payer OASIS Q&As are available. The CMS Q&As, effective November 2024, are available in the OASIS-E1 Q&As section of the CMS QTSO webpage https://qtso.cms.gov/providers/home-health-agency-hha-providers/reference-manuals The CMS Home Health All Payer OASIS Q&As are posted in the Downloads section of the CMS OASIS User Manuals webpage https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/home-health/oasis-user-manuals
November 20, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Discharge Function Score (DC Function) Quality Measure Overview
CMS has posted the Discharge Function Score (DC Function) Quality Measure Overview in the downloads section on the Home Health Quality Measures webpage. This document is intended to provide Home Health providers with information on the Discharge Function Score (DC Function) quality measure. This measure is included in the HHQRP and the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model and is now available on the home health iQIES reports for the HHQRP.
Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Non-Compliance Notifications
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notifications to home health agencies that were determined to be out of compliance with the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) requirements for calendar year (CY) 2025 Annual Payment Update (APU). Non-compliance notifications will be distributed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and will be placed into Home Health Agencies (HHA) My Reports folders in iQIES on October 21, 2024. HHA’s that receive a letter of non-compliance may submit a request for reconsideration to CMS via email no later than 11:59 pm, November 27, 2024. If you receive a notice of non-compliance and would like to request a reconsideration, see the instructions in your notification and on the Home Health Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension webpage.
Please note: Any reconsideration request emails greater than 20 MB in size or containing protected health information (PHI) will not be processed. All PHI must be removed in order for a reconsideration to be reviewed.
October 23, 2024
Care Compare Quarterly Refresh – October 2024
The October 2024 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and HH QRP claims-based measures have been updated. All OASIS and claims-based measures are now based on the standard number of quarters.
The October 2024 refresh will remove two claims-based measures from public reporting:
- Acute Care Hospitalization During the First 60 days of Home Health (ACH)
- Emergency Department (ED) Use without Hospitalization During the First 60 Days of Home Health
The October 2024 refresh also contains an update to the Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings. The Home Health Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure will replace the ACH measure in the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings calculations. For more information, see the download section of the HH QRP Star Ratings webpage
October 17, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE: Updated Annual DTC and MSPB Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports for Post-Acute Care Providers
On October 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the two annual post-acute care (PAC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports: The Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report. These reports are available to providers in the Home Health (HH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) settings. The updated Fall 2024 Health Equity Confidential Reports are based on data from Calendar Year 2022-2023 for HH and from Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for IRF, LTCH, and SNF settings.
The Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports provide insight on DTC and MSPB measure outcome differences across social risk factors. These reports stratify these two PAC Quality Reporting Program (QRP) measure outcomes by Medicare-Medicaid dual-enrollment status (duals and non-duals), and by patient race/ethnicity (non-White and White patients). This data is meant to provide information to providers about their performance for certain populations who may have been historically disadvantaged. Providers can use the information from these reports to focus their internal quality improvement initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for all individuals to achieve optimal health outcomes.
For information on how to access these reports via your Internet Quality Improvement & Evaluation System (iQIES) reports folders, please see the following PAC training pages:
- Home Health Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Training webpage
- Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Training webpage
- Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Training webpage
October 15, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE: Screen Positive for Health-Related Social Needs Indicator Confidential Feedback Report for HH, IRF, and LTCH with Educational Webinar and Fact Sheet
On October 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new Screen Positive for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Indicator Confidential Feedback Report to Home Health (HH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH).1 This report presents summary information for your patient population on four HRSN data elements: Health Literacy, Need for Interpreter Services, Social Isolation, and Transportation. Results for this initial report are calculated using data from October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024, and will be updated quarterly based on the most recent 12 months of available data. This report is provider-generated in the Internet Quality Improvement & Evaluation System (iQIES).
To support providers in accessing and understanding this new report, CMS has released an educational webinar recording and the related webinar slides and transcript. We also released a fact sheet that provides an overview of the Screen Positive for HRSN Indicator Confidential Feedback Report. For information on how to generate your report and to access the webinar recording video and related slides, transcript, and fact sheet, please go to the following Post-Acute Care Quality Reporting Program Training & Education pages:
- Home Health Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Training webpage
- Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Training webpage
1 CMS plans to release this report to Skilled Nursing Facility providers in October 2025, when a full Fiscal Year of data (October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025) will become available for the first time.
October 15, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Updated Quarterly OASIS Q&As
October 2024 CMS OASIS Quarterly Q&A’s are available in the OASIS Quarterly Q&As section of the CMS QTSO webpage, https://qtso.cms.gov/providers/home-health-agency-hha-providers/reference-manuals .
October 4, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE IN iQIES - Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the January 2025 Refresh
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures have been updated.
In addition, three OASIS measures have been added to public reporting for the January 2025 refresh:
- Transfer of Health Information to the Patient
- Transfer of Health Information to the Provider
- Discharge Function Score
The January 2025 refresh also includes the removal of one OASIS measure from public reporting:
- Application of Percent of Long Term Care Hospital Patients with an Admission and Discharge Functional Assessment and a Care Plan that Addresses Function Process.
For additional information, please see the HH Quality Reporting Training webpage and the Home Health Data Submission Deadlines webpage.
September 4, 2024
UPDATED RESOURCE AVAILABLE: From Data Elements to Quality Measures Cross-Setting Web-Based Training
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering an updated web-based training course that provides a high-level overview of how data elements are used to construct quality measures used across post-acute care settings.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training page.
August 26, 2024
UPDATED RESOURCE AVAILABLE: Section GG Web-Based Training Series
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering an updated series of web-based training courses that provide an overview of the assessment and Section GG guidance found in the OASIS E-1 to promote accurate coding of the post-acute care (PAC) cross-setting data elements.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training page.
August 14, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE: CMS National Summary Report, Executive Summary, and National Summary Results workbook for the 2023 Post-Acute Care Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports
In October 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to post-acute care (PAC) providers: the Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report.
To help expand access to aggregate stratified results, the National Summary Report provides insights on aggregate (e.g., national-level) differences in quality by dual-enrollment status and race/ethnicity in the PAC settings. This report can be used as a reference by PAC providers who received the 2023 Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports. In addition, this report can help other stakeholders understand aggregate variations in the stratified DTC and MSPB measure outcomes. The Executive Summary of the National Summary Report serves as a quick summary of the main findings from the National Summary Report. The National Summary Results workbook includes the full set of results that were included in the National Summary Report.
The National Summary Report, Executive Summary, and National Summary Results workbook can be found in the Downloads section of the PAC QRP Training webpage for HH, IRF, LTCH, and SNF.
July 24, 2024
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: Patient Mood Interview (Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-2 to 9©) Video Tutorial
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a video tutorial for completing D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9) and D0160, Total Severity Score. Within the video, the PHQ-2 to 9 assessment and related coding is demonstrated using excerpts from two patient interviews.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Training page.
July 19, 2024
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: What You Need to Know: PAC QRP Key Program Updates – FY/CY 2025 Web-Based Training
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a web-based training course that provides an overview of key updates to the Home Health (HH) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for Calendar Year (CY) 2025.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training page.
July 18, 2024
Care Compare Quarterly Refresh – July 2024
The July 2024 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters.
For additional information on the COVID-19 public health emergency’s impact on public reporting, please see the HH QRP COVID-19 Public Reporting Tip Sheet in the downloads section of the HH Quality Reporting Training webpage and the FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Update Final Rule (HH Rider).
July 17, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE IN iQIES - Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the October 2024 Refresh
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and HH QRP claims-based measures have been updated. All OASIS and claims-based measures are now based on the standard number of quarters.
The October 2024 Star Rating Preview Reports now include the addition of the number of episodes in the numerator for each measure score, in addition to the number of episodes in the denominator.
The October 2024 refresh also includes the removal of two claims-based measures from public reporting:
- Acute Care Hospitalization During the First 60 days of Home Health (ACH)
- Emergency Department (ED) Use without Hospitalization During the First 60 Days of Home Health
Due to the removal of the ACH measure from public reporting, the October 2024 refresh also contains an update to the Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings. The Home Health Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure will replace the ACH measure in the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings calculations. For more information, see the download section of HH QRP Star Ratings webpage.
July 8, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Standing Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Development, Evaluation, and Maintenance of Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measurement Sets Summary Report. This report summarizes input provided by a TEP on December 15, 2023, on the development of additional cross-setting measures for the PAC and Hospice QRPs, and filling measurement gaps with CMS’ Universal Foundation measures. This cross-setting TEP is a standing TEP that will reconvene annually, or on an as-needed basis, to support the evaluation, development, and maintenance of the PAC and Hospice QRP measurement sets until 2028.
This report can be found in the Downloads section of the Home Health Quality Measures webpage.
June 27, 2024
Posting of the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
The calendar year 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published on June 26, 2024. The following are the Home Health Quality Reporting Program proposals that have been outlined: CMS is proposing to collect four new items as standardized patient assessment data elements in the SDOH category and modify one item collected as a standardized patient assessment data element in the SDOH category beginning with the CY 2027 HH QRP. The four assessment items proposed for collection are: one Living Situation item, two Food items, and one Utilities item. CMS also proposes modifying the current Transportation item beginning with the CY 2027 HH QRP. Additionally, we are proposing an update to the removal of the suspension of OASIS all-payer data collection to change all-payer data collection to begin with the start of care OASIS data collection timepoint instead of discharge timepoint. CMS also seeks input on future HH QRP measure concepts.
Finally, for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, CMS is including a request for information that would build on input from the Model’s Implementation and technical expert panel (TEP), which met in November 2023.
CMS is also including an update on health equity to let stakeholders know that we are committed to developing approaches to meaningfully incorporate the advancement of health equity into the expanded HHVBP Model.
Comments can be submitted electronically through https://www.regulations.gov. The comment period is open for 60 days after the Proposed Rule is published.
May 17, 2024
Updated Quick Reference Guide Available
An updated Quick Reference Guide is now available in the Downloads section of the Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements webpage. The Quick Reference Guide provides high-level information on the Home Health Quality Reporting Program, including frequently asked questions and helpful links.
May 3, 2024
The draft Guidance Manual for the Outcome and Assessment Information Set version E1 (OASIS-E1) of the OASIS data set, effective January 1, 2025, is available in the Downloads section of the OASIS User Manuals | CMS webpage. The draft OASIS-E1 Instruments (All Items and Time Points versions) are available in a zip file in the Downloads section of the OASIS Data Sets | CMS webpage.
April 24, 2024
Care Compare Quarterly Refresh – April 2024
The April 2024 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters.
For additional information on the COVID-19 public health emergency’s impact on public reporting, please see the HH QRP COVID-19 Public Reporting Tip Sheet in the downloads section of the HH Quality Reporting Training webpage and the FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Update Final Rule (HH Rider).
April 16, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Updated Quarterly OASIS Q&As
The April 2023 CMS OASIS Quarterly Q&A’s are available in the OASIS Quarterly Q&As section of the CMS QTSO webpage.
April 3, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE IN iQIES - Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the July 2024 Refresh
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures have been updated.
For additional information, please see the HH Quality Reporting Training webpage and the Home Health Data Submission Deadlines webpage.
April 2, 2024
OASIS Vendor Call – April 30, 2024
CMS will host an Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) technical informational call for Software Vendors and Developers on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Call-in information is:
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Zoom: 1-833-568-8864
Meeting ID: 161 Meeting ID: 161 428 3061
This vendor call will cover topics such as:
-OASIS-E1 Guidance Manual changes
-OASIS-E1 Data Specifications (V3.01.0) effective January 1, 2025
-System and Validation Utility Tool (VUT) updates
-Submitted Questions & Answers
The OASIS Data Specifications V3.01.0 effective January 1, 2025 are posted on the CMS web site at: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/DataSpecifications
In addition, please provide a response to the following question: “Do you need CMS to post OASIS Data Submission Specifications in the Microsoft Access Database format?"
Vendors may submit their response and questions to the iQIES@cms.hhs.gov. Please include "HHA VENDOR CALL" in the subject line. Questions must be e-mailed prior to 6:00 pm ET on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
***** CMS strongly recommends that all HHA vendors attend this call. *****
January 19, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE: CMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document and Methodology Report for the Post-Acute Care Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports
In October 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to post-acute care (PAC) providers: the Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report.
To answer frequently asked questions and to provide methodological information about these reports, CMS released the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document and the Methodology Report. The materials can be access through these links:
- CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document (PDF)
- CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report Methodology Report (PDF)
January 18, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Guide to Home Health Help Desks
The updated Guide to Home Health Help Desks is available in the Downloads section of the Home Health Quality Reporting Program Help Desks webpage:
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/home-health/home-health-quality-reporting-program-help-desks
January 16, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE- Updated Quarterly OASIS Q&As
January 2024 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Quarterly Q&A’s are available in the OASIS Quarterly Q&As section of the CMS webpage, https://qtso.cms.gov/providers/home-health-agency-hha-providers/reference-manuals.
January 10, 2024
NOW AVAILABLE IN iQIES - Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the April 2024 Refresh
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures have been updated.
For additional information, please see the HH Quality Reporting Training webpage and the Home Health Data Submission Deadlines webpage.
January 2, 2023
NOW AVAILABLE- Draft OASIS-E1 All Items Instrument
The draft Outcome and Assessment Information Set version E1 (OASIS-E1) All Items instrument, scheduled for an effective date of January 1, 2025, is available in the Downloads section on the OASIS Data Sets webpage. The accompanying OASIS-E1 Manual will be released at a later date.
December 15, 2023
NOW AVAILABLE: CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports Live Q&A Materials
On November 16, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a live Q&A session about the CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports for post-acute care (PAC) providers in the Home Health (HH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) settings, which were released in October 2023. The PAC Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports stratified the Discharge to Community and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary measures by dual-enrollment status and race/ethnicity.
The live Q&A session gave participants an opportunity to ask CMS subject matter experts about the report’s methodologies and interpretations.
The webinar’s recording, slides, and transcript can be found at the Training webpage for HH, IRF, LTCH, and SNF.
December 13, 2023
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: Confusion Assessment Method (CAM©) Video Tutorial
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a video tutorial for the assessment of C1310. Signs and Symptoms of Delirium taken from the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM©) which is now collected on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-E. This training asset demonstrates a cognitive assessment used to code the items within C1310.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Training webpage.
November 7, 2023
NOW AVAILABLE- Updated OASIS-E Manual and updated CMS OASIS Q&As
The 2024 Update to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set Version E O(ASIS-E) Manual, and the associated Change Table, are available in the Downloads section on the OASIS Users Manuals webpage. There are no changes to the OASIS-E instrument.
Updated Static Q&As effective 10/2023 are available in the OASIS-E Q&As section of the CMS QTSO webpage.
The changes incorporate guidance into the manual and Q&As from the CMS Quarterly Q&As dated July 2022 through October 2023.
November 3, 2023
The calendar year 2024 Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule was published on November 02, 2023. The following are the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) proposals that have been finalized: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the addition of two quality measures to the HH QRP: the COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date and the Discharge Function measures; the removal of two Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-based data elements: M0110-Episode Timing and M2200-Therapy Need; the codification of the previously finalized 90 percent OASIS data completion threshold policy in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); and the public reporting of four measures: Transfer of Health (TOH) Information to the Provider-Post-Acute Care (PAC), TOH Information to the Patient-PAC, HH QRP COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date, and the Discharge Function measures. CMS also summarized feedback on its request for information on future HH QRP measure concepts and an update on health equity in the HH QRP. The rule can be accessed at: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2023-24455/medicare-program-calendar-year-2024-home-health-prospective-payment-system-rate-update-quality.
October 16, 2023
NOW AVAILABLE: CMS Post-Acute Care Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports with Online Webinar and Fact Sheet
As part of our commitment to advance health equity and strengthen the Medicare Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released two Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to post-acute care (PAC) providers: the Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report. To provide insight on outcome differences across social risk factors, the Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports stratify these two PAC Quality Reporting Program (QRP) measure outcomes by Medicare-Medicaid dual-enrollment status (duals and non-duals), as well as patient race/ethnicity (Non-White and White patients). This data is meant to provide feedback to providers about their performance for certain populations who may have been historically disadvantaged. These reports are educational for providers, and to identify opportunities for providers to focus their internal quality improvement initiatives to provide all individuals their best opportunity to achieve their best potential health outcomes.
CMS released the PAC Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports through the Internet Quality Improvement & Evaluation System (iQIES) reports folders. To locate your Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports in iQIES, please follow the instructions listed below:
- Log into iQIES using your Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) user ID and password. If you do not have a HARP account, you may register for a HARP ID.
- From the Reports menu, select My Reports.
- From the My Reports page, locate and select the Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports folder link.
- Displayed for you is a list of reports available for download.
- Select the report name link to view the Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report data
Additionally, CMS posted an Online Webinar recording with slides, transcript, and Fact Sheet providing an overview of the Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports on each of the following PAC pages:
- Home Health Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage;
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage;
- Long Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage; and the
- Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Training & Education webpage.
September 26, 2023
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: BIMS and BIMS Summary Score Explainer Video
A brief explainer video, BIMS and BIMS Summary Score: Stopping and Coding an Incomplete Interview is now available for HH Providers. This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training webpage.
September 22, 2023
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: Understanding Coding for N0415 Explainer Video
A brief explainer video, Understanding Coding for N0415. High-Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication is now available for HH Providers. This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training webpage.
August 8, 2023
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: Social Determinants of Health Items Explainer Video
A brief explainer video, Social Determinants of Health Items: Determining When a Proxy Response is Allowed is now available for HH Providers. This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training webpage.
July 14, 2023
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: BIMS Video Tutorial
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is offering a new video tutorial for the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) which is now collected on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-E. This training asset demonstrates the BIMS interview and associated coding.
This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Training page.
May 24, 2023
Home Health & Hospice Health Equity Technical Expert Panel Report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Home Health & Hospice Health Equity Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Report. This report provides a summary of the TEP’s input on options for health equity measurement in the home health and hospice care settings. Specific topics include: health equity in hospice and home health, social determinants of health, disparities in access to care and quality of care, and health equity measurement and monitoring.
The Home Health & Hospice Health Equity TEP Report is available in the “Related Links” section of the Home Health QRP Health Equity webpage.
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