CMS has created a Discharge Function Score (DC Function) Quality Measure Overview.
DC Function will be included in the HHQRP and will replace the self-care and mobility items in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing model beginning in 2025.
Agency results are now available on the home health iQIES reports for the HHQRP.
The new overview document reviews the GG items used to determine the DC Function score. It also briefly explains how CMS uses statistical imputation when a GG item has been skipped or coded “not attempted,” as well as the role that risk adjustment plays in results.