Agencies have — again — taken major strides on many of the Home Health Compare measures included within value-based purchasing, according to data released April 12.
 
Measure
April 2017
January 2017
October 2016
Ambulation
70.2%
69.0%
67.6%
Transferring
67.1%
65.6%
63.9%
Bathing
73.6%
72.6%
71.5%
Dyspnea
72.1%
71.1%
70.1%
Pain interfering with activity
73.6%
72.5%
71.2%
Improvement in management of oral medications
59.9%
58.7%
57.3%
Drug education on medications provided
97.2%
96.8%
96.3%
Flu vaccine received
74.4%
74.0%
72.7%
Pneumococcal vaccine received
78.6%
77.1%
75.2%
30-day readmission rate
16.5%
16.3%
16.2%
30-day emergency department use without hospitalization
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Source: Home Health Compare