HHVBP Communications

Home Health Agency Perspectives on Innovation Now Available

The HHVBP Model TA Team is pleased to announce the release of new quality improvement resources for HHAs. The Home Health Agency Perspectives series features discussions with volunteer panelists reviewing strategic approaches to managing and improving agency performance. Panelists are home health professionals working in leadership positions.

In the Home Health Agency Perspectives on Innovation panel and accompanying written resource, panelists review how their agencies are introducing new approaches to care delivery and fostering an organizational culture where staff can thrive under value-based care. The discussion highlights strategies related to information systems, internal incentives, and leadership.

The Home Health Agency Perspectives on Innovation resources are available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage under “Quality Improvement.” 

Contact Information:

• For program questions about the expanded HHVBP Model, contact the HHVBP Model Help Desk at HHVBPquestions@lewin.com.

• For support with registration for the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), please contact our QIES/iQIES Service Center by phone at (800) 339-9313 or by email at iqies@cms.hhs.gov. You may also refer to the iQIES Onboarding Guide posted to QTSO for registration support. 

• To receive email updates about the expanded Model, please subscribe to the Expanded HHVBP Model listserv. Enter your email address in the contact form, then select “Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Expanded Model” from the Innovations list.

• Please contact the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) Help Desk at homehealthqualityquestions@cms.hhs.gov for questions about the following: Home Health Quality, including Care Compare (excluding HHCAHPS), OASIS coding and OASIS documentation, quality reporting requirements & deadlines, data reported in quality reports, measure calculations, Quality of Patient Care Star Rating (excluding suppression requests), public reporting, risk adjustment, and Quality Assessment Only (QAO)/Pay for Reporting (P4P).

Please contact the Home Health CAHPS Help Desk at hhcahps@rti.org for questions related to the HHCAHPS Survey or Patient Survey Star Ratings.