Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The original Home Health Value‐Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model provided financial incentives to home health agencies for quality improvement based on their performance relative to other agencies in their state. The HHVBP Model aimed to improve the quality and efficiency of home health services to Medicare beneficiaries.…… Continue reading Final Evaluation Report of the HHVBP Original Model (2016-2021)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Now Available – The July 2023 IPR Post-Event Resources On Thursday, July 27, the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Technical Assistance (TA) Team hosted a live event, Overview of the Interim Performance Report (IPR): The July 2023 IPR. The presentation included the timeline for the calendar…… Continue reading Expanded HHVBP Model: July 2023 IPR Post-Event Resources, Updated Resource Index Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Fifty-five percent of falls we identified in Medicare claims were not reported in associated OASIS assessments as required. Falls reporting on OASIS assessments was worse among younger home health patients (compared to older patients) and patients who identified as Black, Hispanic, or Asian (compared to White).…… Continue reading Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization Among Their Medicare Patients

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Abt Associates is currently recruiting a wide range of home health stakeholders—for example, providers, patient advocates, and methodologists/researchers with expertise in areas such as performance measurement, quality of care, and health equity—to participate in a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to provide input on potential refinements to…… Continue reading Recruitment Announcement – Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The October 2023 release of the HH PPS Grouper software (v04.2.23) is now available in the “Downloads” section of this webpage. Included in the v04.2.23 HH PPS Grouper software update are the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnosis codes, effective beginning October 1, 2023. The…… Continue reading Home Health PPS Grouper Software (HHGS) Package

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, August 30, 2023, PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please log on at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. Note that you must register in advance for…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum: August 30, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The recording and transcription of the August 8, 2023, Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) Webex session is now available, along with the handout, on the PEPPER website. The webinar recording is just a tad over 54 minutes in length.…… Continue reading Home Health Agency PEPPER Webinar Recording and Handout Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a 4-minute, animated explainer video, Social Determinants of Health Items: Determining When a Proxy Response is Allowed for HH, IRF, and LTCH Providers. This video was developed to assist providers in accurately determining when the use of…… Continue reading New Resource Available: Social Determinants of Health Items Explainer Video

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare 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…… Continue reading Expanded HHVBP Model: Revised Preliminary July 2023 IPRs Available in iQIES

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Q4CY22 release of the Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. To obtain the HHA PEPPER:  Review the Portal Access Instructions for accessing the HHA PEPPER on the Distribution Schedule page.…… Continue reading Home Health Agency PEPPER Available