Home health agencies whose star ratings shine are not necessarily the ones whose patients do best, says a study published April 10 on the JAMA Network Open.
The study says that agency-reported outcomes (OASIS-derived measures) were less accurate than claims-based measures in reflecting patient-care quality.
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The observed improvement in HHA-reported measures was not accompanied by corresponding improvement in more objective measures (eg, hospitalizations), which raises concern about the use of agency-reported measures in assessing HHA quality of care.
Be well.
Beth