'Having the HHCAHPS Survey star ratings on Home Health Compare helps patients and their families make more informed healthcare decisions and encourages home health agencies to strive for higher levels of quality and patient experience,' said CMS Deputy Administrator and Chief Medical Officer Patrick Conway. However, CMS continually updates Home Health Compare so that these home health agencies may have star ratings in the future. Some home health agencies do not currently have enough data to calculate and display star ratings. The five measures include: care of patients communication between providers and patients specific care issues overall rating of care provided by the home health agency and a survey summary star rating. Patients and their family members can compare information on patient experiences by viewing five survey star ratings for each home health agency. The new star rating go a step further, CMS said. Previously, patients could select multiple agencies at a time on Home Health Compare to view agency performance on individual items, such as how often the home health team delivered care in a professional way. Quality of Patient Care star ratings for each agency summarize home health agencies' performance on nine quality measures that indicate how well it assisted their patients in regaining or maintaining important functional abilities and how frequently it adhered to evidence-based processes of care, CMS said. The Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey provides information on how well Medicare-certified agencies provide care, ranging from one star to five. Scroll down to see the full list of star ratings

The agency uses as a measure of evaluation the survey results of patients, family members, and the friends of patients. This is the first CMS star rating for home health agencies.

The data reflects measures from Jto June 30, 2015. Home Health Compare currently has star ratings for 5,743 agencies, with 2,152 receiving the five-star rating, according to CMS data released on Thursday. Only 51 home health agency received the low rating of one star, while over 2,000 received the top ranking of five stars in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new star ratings for home health agencies.

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