Tag: HHVBP

6th Annual Home Health Value Based Purchasing Report Released

The Annual Report focuses on the experience of home health patients and agencies through 2021, the fourth and final year that eligible agencies in the nine original Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) states received an adjustment to their Medicare payment amounts under the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). An agency’s performance in…

Expanded HHVBP Model: April PIPR and Updated Measure Calculation Resources

Reminder: April 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report Available on iQIES The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the April 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report (PIPR) to competing HHAs via the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES). Instructions on how to access the PIPR are available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage under “Model Reports.” Need…

Expanded HHVBP Model: April 2023 PIPR Available in iQIES

The April 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report (PIPR) is available to download from the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES). Instructions on how to access the PIPR are available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage under “Model Reports.” Need Help Understanding your PIPR? To assist HHAs in understanding the purpose, content, and use of the PIPRs, the HHVBP TA Team…

CMS Open Door Forum Updates for Home Health, Hospice

Read on for NAHC’s exclusive analysis of the latest Open Door Forum from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), held on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. HOME HEALTH Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) April 1, 2023, begins the new data collection period for the HHCAHPs. The period runs…

Expanded HHVBP Model Survey, Live Streaming Event, & January PIPR

Reminder: Expanded HHVBP Model Survey Open through 3/31/2023 The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team would like you to participate in a brief 15-minute survey designed to learn more about your home health agency’s (HHA’s) experience with the resources available for the expanded HHVBP Model and identify areas for future outreach…

CMS Home Health Updates

Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Resources: Submit Feedback through March 31 The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to give you the information you need to successfully participate in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model. Provide your feedback: Do current resources meet your needs? What other topics should we cover? Responses are anonymous,…

Expanded HHVBP Model Survey Open through 3/31/2023

The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team invites you to participate in a brief 15-minute survey designed to learn more about your home health agency’s (HHA’s) experience with the resources provided for the expanded HHVBP Model and identify areas for future outreach and education. Responses are anonymous unless you choose to…

Expanded HHVBP Model: January 2023 PIPR and First Performance Year Quick Guide

Reminder: January 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Reports Available on iQIES CMS issued the January 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report (PIPR) to competing HHAs via the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES). The PIPRs provide HHAs with data on their quality measure performance used in the expanded HHVBP Model, with comparison to HHAs nationally within peer cohorts. Instructions…

Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model HHVBP Newsletter – January 2023

The HHVBP Newsletter provides home health agencies (HHAs) with the latest information about the expanded HHVBP Model as well as important tools, news, and timely insights from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the HHVBP Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team. Please consider sharing this newsletter within your organization. Information in this edition…

CMS Livestream on HHVBP Model

To provide home health agencies (HHAs) with a review of what to expect in the first performance year of the expanded HHVBP Model and highlight the resources provided during the pre-implementation year, the HHVBP Technical Assistance (TA) team created an on-demand video and downloadable resource, “First Performance Year Quick Guide”, now available on the Expanded…