tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 19

Outcomes: HHAs USE HHQI TO SPREAD GOOD WORD ON HOME CARE

More than 1,200 home health agencies in eight states now have eleven patient outcomes posted on the Internet for all the world to see, and the rest of the nation won't be far behind. "Home Health Compare," Medicare's Web site comparing patient outcomes by home health agency, went live May 1 as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services kicked off its home health quality initiative. The site lists administrative information for each Medicare-certified HHA in the eight pilot states and patient outcomes in three columns: the agency's, the state average, and the Phase I states' total...

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