Home Health & Hospice Week
Speak Your Mind About Quality Of Care Star Ratings
You may still be getting used to the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings that Home Health Compare began displaying for home health agencies in July, but CMS has its eye on changes already. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is convening a technical expert panel (TEP) “with the objectives of reviewing the first year of data on the performance of the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings, and gathering feedback on potential refinements to the rating system including usability of the system for patients and advocates,” the agency says in a notice.
You may submit nominations for the TEP until March 18. Instructions are at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/MMS/TechnicalExpertPanels.html#29.
Contractor Abt Associates is particularly keen to include home health patients on the panel, CMS says.
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