CMS seeks input on plan to survey agencies about quality reporting programs

Effective Dec 3, 2018

Published Nov 30, 2018

Last Reviewed Nov 30, 2018

CMS plans to survey home health agencies on quality reporting and incentive programs, according to a Paperwork Reduction Act notice posted Nov. 15 in the Federal Register.

The federal Medicare agency would use the survey findings to understand a number of things, including whether use of performance measures has been associated with changes in agency behavior.

“The survey will help CMS identify characteristics associated with high performance, which, if understood, could be used to leverage improvements in are among lower-performing [agencies],” CMS states in the proposal.

If approved by August 2019, the survey and interviews would take place between fall 2019 and spring 2020.

The survey would be used to satisfy a requirement that every three years HHS assess the quality and efficiency effects of endorsed measures in certain Medicare programs.

Agencies must submit comments by Jan. 14.

Related links: Visit https://bit.ly/2PaHUc0 to submit comments. View the survey at https://bit.ly/2RwogJu. View a summary of interview content at https://bit.ly/2BJLkzd. View a list of the measures at https://bit.ly/2FRQFbL. Additional supporting materials can be found under “Home Health (HH) National Provider Survey” in the Paperwork Reduction Act listings at https://go.cms.gov/2Skc92w.

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