Tools
08/14/2025
This patient profile can be completed during intake to learn more about a patient’s mealtime preferences and help them make balanced food choices.
07/31/2025
Beginning in 2026, CMS hopes to more closely tie Medicare costs with reimbursement by adding a new measure to Home Health Value-Based Purchasing using the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) data. 
07/24/2025
Functional points are going up for lower-body dressing challenges and down for bathing. Take a look at the proposed functional points for 2026 in this tool.
07/10/2025
Updates to the HHCAHPS survey and the associated quality measures are expected in April 2026. This tool provides a look at the new and changing questions, as well as the timeline for the updates to the star rating methodology.
03/20/2025
Surveyors are provided specific instructions regarding medication management. Here are some of the specific survey citations related to medication management, along with CMS' instructions for surveyors.
01/09/2025
Use this reference sheet as a guide for current CDC guidance and recommendations pertaining to the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccinations.
 
 
01/02/2025
It's going to be a busy year for agencies as new HHQRP measures and OASIS questions are introduced. Use this tool to monitor regulatory updates.
12/12/2024
CMS is proposing several new and updated items to the Home Health CAHPS quality measures in the Measures Under Consideration (MUC) process.
10/17/2024
Use this checklist to conduct a review of the face-to-face encounter note when you get the referral.
10/10/2024
Several items in the new Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool will be familiar to clinicians, but key data collection time points will require some training.

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