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The data on HH STAR corresponds with the publicly reported Home Health Compare data periods. The most recent data period, labeled "Q4 2007", includes patient episodes of care from January 2007- December 2007. This data period was posted on Home Health Compare in July, 2008.



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Home Health Quality Improvement Support Center (QIOSC)

Welcome

Welcome to the home health Setting Targets-Achieving Results (STAR) site! This site allows home health agencies to set targets for the following publicly reported quality measures:

  • Acute Care Hospitalization
  • Emergent Care
  • Discharge to Community
  • Improvement in Ambulation
  • Improvement in Bathing
  • Improvement in Dyspnea
  • Improvement in Management of Oral Medications
  • Improvement in Pain Interfering with Movement
  • Improvement in Status of Surgical Wounds
  • Improvement in Transferring
  • Improvement in Urinary Incontinence
Home health agencies registered to use this website can view their publicly reported quality measure scores, select appropriate targets, and track their progress over time. Using the home health STAR site, your home health agency can become a 'star' performer.

Registration on this site is free and available to all Medicare and/or Medicaid certified home health agencies.

To register for the home health STAR site, please click Create an Account.  Please have your Medicare/Medicaid provider number available when creating an account.  If you are already registered, please click Login to sign into your account and begin using the STAR site.

For instructions and other electronic resources, please click on Help.

This site was developed by Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) under contract to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As QIOs, we believe that achieving high quality is an on-going process. Our goal is to provide home health agencies nationwide with the tools and information you need to improve the quality of your services. We encourage you to raise the bar for quality by continually reevaluating your quality of care and identifying areas for improvement.

Note: This site is for your home health agency's internal use; as a result, your registration on this site is completely confidential. Your agency's name and targets will not be shared with state survey and certification agencies. CMS will only view aggregate or de-identified data.
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