Home Health Compare Quality Improvement
These state-by-state charts include the average percentage score for each measure, the national average for each measure, PLUS the estimated percentage score for each measure that an agency would have to reach in order to be in the top 20%.
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Benchmark Email Archives
Updated Home Health Compare Quality Charts Now Available 4/23/12
HHS Proposes One-Year Delay of ICD-10 Compliance Date 4/9/12
Preliminary Study Results Show Financial Risk, Need for Documentation Training and Review 3/29/12
Special Alert: Credibility of Home Care and What to Do 3/1/12
Special Announcement: Possible ICD-10 Delay 2/15/12
January 2012 Home Health Compare Results Released 2/6/12
Insights from OASIS Skills Assessment Testing 11/9/11
Special Alert: Home Health PPS Final Rule Released 11/2/11
October Home Health Compare Scores Released 10/21/11
Preparing for Increased Therapy Utilization Scrutiny 10/15/11
Preparing for the Coding Changes 8/18/11
Fazzi Leadership Forum: An Insider's View of the Future of Health and Home Care 8/16/11
Hospitalization Reduction Project Begins Phase II 8/2/11
July Home Health Compare Results Released 7/22/11
Important Notice: CMS Announces Home Health Proposed Rules 7/6/11
Update on National Study to Reduce Hospitalizations 6/24/11
OASIS Testing Shows Need for Comprehensive Training 6/15/11
Billing Implications of Missed Therapy Reassements 6/2/11
ACOs and the Need to Submit Testimony on Home Care 5/13/11
It's No Joke: The April 1st Therapy Reassessments are Really Here! 4/01/11
HHCAHPS: Insights from the First Six Months 3/23/11
Home Health Process Measures Updates 3/14/11
Understanding HH PPS 2011 Therapy Reassessments 2/03/11
Insights from Fazzi's OASIS Audits 2/01/11
Updates to the OASIS Guidance Manual 1/27/11
Insights from Fazzi's OASIS Skills Assessment Testing 1/25/11
2011 G-Code Guidance 1/13/11
Thoughts About the Future 12/23/10
Preparing for Home Health PPS 2011 with OASIS Testing 11/10/10
Special Alert: Home Health PPS Final Rule Released for 2011 11/04/10
CMS Releases First Results From Process Measures 10/28/10
Implications for CERT Audits 09/21/10
Gait Goals for Physical Therapy 09/16/2010
Real Growth Opportunity for Home Care Agencies 08/26/10
CMS Proposes Changes to Therapy Documentation Requirements 07/29/10
New Process Measure Manual From CMS 05/13/10
Insights From Fazzi's March OASIS-C Skills Assessment Testing Results 05/10/10
Special Quality Update: Final Quality Outcome Chart 05/04/10
Insights from Agencies Using the HHCAHPS Survey 04/27/10
HHCAHPS® Implementation Deadlines 03/25/10
Does P4P Work in Home Care? 03/19/10
New National Average Case Mix Weight at RAP 03/11/10
Learnings From Agency Improvement Efforts 02/25/10
Fall Risk Assessment and OASIS-C 02/10/10
Insights From Fazzi's December OASIS Skills Assessment Testing Results 02/01/10
Low Cost / No Cost Tools to Help Agencies in the New Home Care Environment 01/21/2010
Three Predictions and Action Recommendations for 2010 01/07/2010
Home Health Compare Results for December 2009 12/29/2009
Compensation Systems Used in Health Care 12/16/2009
Insights From Fazzi's OASIS Skills Assessment Testing Results 10/20/2009
Home Health Compare Results for September 2009 10/09/2009
CMS's Home Health Care CAHPS® Survey is Now on Fast Track 08/28/2009
Important OASIS-C Announcement 07/31/2009
Unique Meditation Retreat for Caregivers 07/13/2009
Home Health Compare Results for June 2009 06/26/2009
Where Are Your Referrals Going? 06/12/2009
CAHPS® and Its Implication to the Marketing Team 05/14/2009
Be Prepared For OASIS-C 04/08/2009
Free Resources for OASIS-C 03/27/2009
Get Ready for the New CAHPS® Survey 02/25/2009
CMS Patient Satisfaction Update 12/18/2008
Revised OASIS Assessment by CMS 11/19/2008
First Insights from National Best Practice Study 09/22/2008
Same Number of Referrals, Higher Number of Admissions 09/03/2008
Top Three Therapy Mistakes 08/06/2008
Home Health Compare results for July 2008 7/30/2008
Staff Satisfaction and Magic Numbers 6/18/2008
CMS Plans for Home Health Satisfaction Survey 1/30/2008
Problems with Planning and Strategies for Success 11/21/2007
Best Practice Strategies: PPS Therapy Prediction 11/13/2007
CMS Announces Plan for the Home Health Pay for Performance Demonstration 10/22/2007
Updates and Strategies for Responding to Proposed OASIS Changes 8/15/2007
Strategies for Attracting High Quality Therapy Staff 7/30/2007
June 2007 Home Health Compare Quality Improvement Charts 6/28/2007
CMS Announces Proposed Changes to Home Health PPS 5/2/07
March 2007 Home Health Compare Scores with Threshold Percentiles 4/5/07
New OASIS Measures and Patient Satisfaction 10/30/06
Staff Satisfaction Surveys: Increase Retention, Save Money, Protect Quality10/12/06
How To Implement Successful Change Projects 7/19/06
Problems With Ensuring OASIS Accuracy 05/17/06
Most Difficult Outcome Measure 2/23/06
Best Predictor of Medicare Profitability 1/20/06
High Quality Scores and P4P 10/03/05
Quality and Profitability: Can You Have Both? 08/31/05
Recommendations From the Field Related to Reducing Unplanned and/or Preventable Hospitalizations
06/23/05
New Findings on Best Practice Tools 04/27/05
Problems with OASIS Assessments and What It Means 03/04/05
Probability, Implications and Planning for 2005 01/06/05
Comparing High Nursing Productivity with Low Nursing Productivity
06/04/04
Effects of Patient Satisfaction Benchmark Systems on Outcomes
03/24/04
Traits of the Ideal Leader 03/16/04
New Findings on Customer Service Programs 02/12/04
New Insights Into What Makes an Exceptional Leader 09/15/03
What OASIS Clinical Review Process Works Best? 08/13/03
Insights Into Improving Patient Satisfaction 06/26/03
Use of Point of Service(POS) by Home Care Agencies 06/10/03
CMS's New Home Care Compare and What It Means to You 05/02/03
Target Marketing and Quality Results 03/25/03
OASIS Accuracy and CMS's Home Care Compare 02/27/03
Affect of Managers on Staff Retention 10/08/02
Admission Visit Weight For Nursing Staff 09/20/02