CMS releases SDOH explainer video for a proxy response

Effective Aug 9, 2023

Published Aug 9, 2023

Last Reviewed Aug 14, 2023

A brief explainer video, Social Determinants of Health Items: Determining When a Proxy Response is Allowed is now available for home health Providers, according to CMS.

The 4-minute, animated explainer video was developed to assist providers in accurately determining when the use of a proxy response is allowed for SDOH items:

A1005 (Ethnicity)
A1010 (Race)
A1110 (Language)
A1250 (Transportation)
B1300 (Health literacy)
D0700 (Social isolation)

This resource can be accessed through the Home Health Quality Reporting Training page.

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