Home Heath

Asking the group for clarification of the Discharge to Community measure within VBP.  Is it only the OASIS Measure M2420 that contributes to the score or does the Claim Measure DC Community impact it as well?  

Thanks for sharing insight and resources.

Pam Szczerba, PT, MPT, LSSGB, CPHQ
ChristianaCare HomeHealth

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Pam Szczerba
Director of Quality and Education
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It is only the OASIS that is used for this measure. Claims are not used. 

Below is a list of the data source and measures for the expanded HH VBP.

Data Source and Measures

OASIS-based

• Improvement in Dyspnea/Dyspnea
• Discharged to Community
• Improvement in Management of Oral Medications/Oral Medications
• Total Normalized Composite Change in Self-Care/TNC Self-Care
• Total Normalized Composite Change in Mobility/TNC Mobility

Claims-based

• Acute Care Hospitalization During the First 60 Days of Home Health Use/ACH
• Emergency Department Use without Hospitalization During the First 60 Days of Home Health/ED Use

HHCAHPS Survey-based

• Care of Patients/Professional Care
• Communications between Providers and Patients/Communication
• Specific Care Issues/Team Discussion
• Overall rating of home health care/Overall Rating
• Willingness to recommend the agency/Willing to Recommend