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CMS Home Care Quality Measures

While many more measures are documented and reported, there are currently 12 publicly available measures reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). These 12 measures are grouped into four major categories. To learn more about each group and indicator, and how they can be used to interpret quality of a home care provider - follow the links below:

1. How Home Care Ends
A. Patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends
B. Patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation

2. Improvement in Getting Around
   A. Patients who get better at walking or moving
   B. Patients who get better at getting in and out of bed
   C. Patients who have less pain when moving around

3. Incidence of Patient Emergencies
   A. Patients who had to be admitted to the hospital
   B. Patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care
   C. Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected

4. Meetings the activities of patient’s daily living
   A. Patients whose bladder control improves
   B. Patients who get better at bathing
   C. Patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)
   D. Patients who are short of breath less often

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