quality
Post-Acute Quality Reporting Programs Update
Revised Preliminary July 2023 Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) Available in iQIES. Recalculation request deadline extended to Wednesday, August 16, 2023. On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, CMS reissued the Preliminary July 2023 IPRs for all HHAs that are eligible to receive a report to address two display issues that caused some cells to incorrectly display blanks […]
Read MoreCMS Requests Information on Home Health Aide Services, Quality Measures
In addition to a broad array of policy proposals in the proposed home health rate update rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has included two requests for information (RFI): Access to Home Health Aide Services and Principles for Selecting and Prioritizing HH QRP Quality Measures and Concepts under Consideration for Future Years. […]
Read MoreCMS Issues Addition Guidance on Emergency Preparedness Testing
The Quality, Safety & Oversight (QSO) Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a revised QSO -20-41-All memo to provide additional guidance and clarifications on the emergency preparedness standard for testing requirements due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). If a provider experiences an actual natural or man-made emergency that […]
Read MoreImportant CMS Quality Webinar
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will present an important new webinar, Driving Quality in the US: How CMS Evaluates its Measure Portfolio, intended to inform audiences about CMS’s efforts to enhance the quality of quality measures. The webinar will walk audiences through CMS tools and processes, specifically the MMS Blueprint, Pre-rulemaking process, Quality Measure […]
Read MoreCMS to Air Important Webinars on Quality
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to invite the public to attend its two upcoming webinars titled CMS Quality Measurement: Where It’s Headed and How We’ll Get There and Driving Quality in the US: How CMS Evaluates its Measure Portfolio. These webinars will illuminate audiences on CMS’s efforts to enhance the […]
Read MorePrivate Duty Home Care at NAHC Data Subcommittee: Your Feedback is Needed!
Please share your feedback by close of business on March 5, 2021 by emailing ERB@NAHC.ORG The Private Duty Home Care at NAHC Advisory Board has maintained a diverse subcommittee of advisory board members and private duty home care leaders for the past several years charged with discussing and finding innovative ways to answer questions with […]
Read MorePrivate Duty Home Care at NAHC Data Subcommittee: Your Feedback is Needed!
The Private Duty Home Care at NAHC Advisory Board has maintained a diverse subcommittee of advisory board members and private duty home care leaders for the past several years charged with discussing and finding innovative ways to answer questions with the use of data. Recently, the subcommittee been discussing the possible ways in which quality […]
Read MoreCMS Revises Memo on Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19
The Quality, Safety, and Oversight Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised a memo addressing guidance for infection control and prevention concerning COVID-19 in home health agencies (HHAs) and religious nonmedical healthcare institutions (RNHIs). The memo was originally released on March 10, 2020 (see previous NAHC coverage here) and was revised […]
Read MoreCMS Announces TEP for Functional Outcome Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting applications for a technical expert panel (TEP) to develop functional outcome quality measures for the home health setting. The TEP nomination period closes on January 17, 2020. Project Overview: CMS has contracted with Abt Associates to develop functional outcome quality measures for the home health setting. […]
Read MoreCMS to Survey Home Health Agencies on Quality Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Paperwork Reduction Act notice in the Federal Register on November 15, 2018 announcing its plans for a Home Health National Provider Survey. The survey is part of a requirement that CMS every three years assess and report the quality and efficiency effects of the use […]
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