Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Learn About Star Rating Change
Published on Thu Sep 20, 2018
Are you ready for the oral med management measure to be included? Want to find out what exactly is happening with the Quality of Patient Care star rating process? Tune in to an Oct. 3 education call on the matter. In the call, Final Modifications to the Quality of Patient Care Star Rating Algorithm Call, learn about the rationale, timing, and impact of swapping out the Drug Education on All Medications Provided to Patient/Caregiver during All Episodes of Care measure for the Improvement in Management of Oral Medications measure. Register for the call at https://blh.ier.intercall.com.
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