Patient Engagement September 11, 2023
More than half of the Medicare claims for a home health fall that resulted in hospitalization don’t make it to the CMS Care Compare website, OIG said.
Inaccurate reporting of home healthcare falls may be tainting the quality of information shared via Care Compare, the online platform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to help consumers make healthcare access decisions, the HHS Office of Inspector General said in a recent report.
The report centered on fall rates, a major patient safety measure, among home healthcare providers. Overall, 55 percent of the Medicare claims included in the OIG analysis did not report falls to the Outcome Assessment Information Set (OASIS), which ultimately informs the data displayed on Care Compare.
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