Application of Percent of Long-Term Care Hospital Patients With an Admission and Discharge Functional Assessment and a Care Plan That Addresses Function

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Home Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Home Health Quality Reporting Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of home health quality episodes in which patients' mobility and self-care functional status was documented and at least one discharge goal was recorded.

Numerator

Number of home health quality episodes with functional assessment data for each self-care and mobility activity and at least one self-care or mobility goal.

Denominator

Number home health quality episodes ending with discharge, death, or transfer to inpatient facility during the reporting period, other than those covered by generic exclusions.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). Entry of home health service and the last 5 days of every 60 day period beginning with the start of care date.

Frequency of Data Collection
60 days
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
60
Reporting Methods

Home Health Quality Reporting (CMS and providers) CMS Care Compare - Home health services and CMS Provider Compare (CMS, providers and publicly reported).

Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025