CMS has updated its Frequently Asked Questions for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
 
The 18 pages of new and updated responses address changes finalized for the 2025 performance year, as well as some process changes for 2024.
 
Changes for 2024 includes new measure removal factors, as well as an appeals process beyond a reconsideration request. Beginning with the 2024 Annual Performance Report, released in August, agencies will be able to request an administrator review following a reconsideration decision.
 
At the top of the changes for 2025 is a shift in OASIS self-care and mobility items from select M items to select GG items and, among claims-based measures, the change from Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH) and Emergency Department Use (ED Use) to the Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH).