Agencies have continued to improve in nearly every Home Health Compare measure included within value-based purchasing, according to data released in July 2017.
 
Measure
July 2017
April 2017
January 2017
October 2016
Ambulation
71.3%
70.2%
69.0%
67.6%
Transferring
68.3%
67.1%
65.6%
63.9%
Bathing
74.4%
73.6%
72.6%
71.5%
Dyspnea
73.1%
72.1%
71.1%
70.1%
Pain interfering with activity
74.5%
73.6%
72.5%
71.2%
Improvement in management of oral medications
61.0%
59.9%
58.7%
57.3%
Drug education on medications provided
97.5%
97.2%
96.8%
96.3%
Flu vaccine received
76.2%
74.4%
74.0%
72.7%
Pneumococcal vaccine received
79.7%
78.6%
77.1%
75.2%
30-day readmission rate
16.7%
16.5%
16.3%
16.2%
30-day emergency department use without hospitalization
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
Source: Home Health Compare