OASIS Broadcast

October 2026 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As 

Expanded HHVBP Model: Preliminary CY 2026 Annual Performance Reports (APRs) are Available in iQIES 

The CY 2026 APRs provide the HHA’s APP based on CY 2025 performance, which will apply to Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) claims with through dates in the payment year, CY 2027. In addition, the CY 2026 APRs provide information related to HHA performance on key metrics that feed into the HHA’s APP, including performance measure scores, Improvement Points, Achievement Points, Care Points, and the Total Performance Score (TPS). An HHA receives a CY 2026 APR if it was Medicare-certified before January 1, 2024, had a prior-year payment amount, and had sufficient data for at least five (5) quality measures to calculate a Total Performance Score (TPS) and Adjusted Payment Percentage (APP). Exhibit 1 shows the performance periods by measure category.

For additional details on cohort assignment in the expanded Model, please review Section 2 in the Expanded HHVBP Model Guide, available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage, under “FAQs & Model Guide."

• Log in to iQIES

• Select the My Reports option from the Reports menu.

• From the My Reports page, select the HHA Provider Preview Reports folder. The folders and reports on the My Reports page are listed in alphabetical order. Thus, users may need to utilize the “page forward” functionality at the bottom of the webpage to advance to the page where the HHA Provider Preview Reports folder is located. Alternatively, users may change the default number of rows that display on the webpage from 10 to a larger number to view the larger list of folders. Note: Files in the HHA Provider Preview Reports folder are listed in descending order (i.e., in the order of the newest reports to the oldest).

• Select the HHVBP report file, and the contents of the file will display.

Refer to the Accessing Reports in iQIES resource for instructions on how to access these reports in iQIES. Since access to HHVBP performance reports is limited to authorized iQIES users, HHAs should keep iQIES access up to date, particularly following staffing changes.

Building High-Performing, Resilient Care Teams 

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December 3, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET

1 CE credit for Nurses, Case Managers, Social Workers (MN) & NAB for live session attendees

High-performing care teams are the foundation of quality, consistency, and sustainability in aging services. This webinar focuses on practical leadership strategies to build resilient teams through effective coaching, delegation, and performance measurement. 

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Colorado: $169.6M to Expand Specialty Care, Strengthen Emergency Services & Bring Lifesaving Blood Transfusions Closer to Patients

This federal investment will support 91 grantees expanding telemedicine, mobile care, behavioral and maternal health care, and rural health care workforce initiatives across Colorado. 

The Trump Administration announced that a $169.6 million investment is being delivered to strengthen and expand health care for rural Coloradans through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. This investment will support 91 grantees and approximately 250 projects working to improve access to care, strengthen rural providers and emergency services, and modernize health care delivery across Colorado.

Select the link above to read the full press release.