New study calls home health star ratings into question
04/12/24 at 03:00 AM
New study calls home health star ratings into question
McKnights Home Care, by Adam Healy, 4/11/24
A comparison of agency-reported functional measures and claims-based hospitalization measures raises doubts about the value of star ratings as a means of evaluating home health agency (HHA) quality. The study, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, analyzed differences between claims-based and agency-reported outcomes for nearly 23 million patient episodes before and after the introduction of the star ratings system to compare changes over time.