Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Quarterly QAO Interim Reports Available
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the second quarterly Quality Assessment Only (QAO) Interim Report is available in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting (CASPER) folder. These reports are informational only, and are intended to help you monitor your compliance with the annual pay-for-reporting requirements.
It is vital that home health agencies closely monitor these interim reports and investigate any discrepancies or concerns prior to receipt of the Annual QAO Metric Report. The annual report will reflect the actual compliance rate for the period of July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, and will be used to determine the individual agency market basket update for FY 2017; home health agencies must score at least 70 percent on the annual QAO metric or be subject to a two percentage point reduction.
For More Information:
- Home Health Quality Initiative Spotlight webpage: Reporting schedule for interim and annual reports
- Home Health Quality Initiatives website: Information on pay-for-reporting requirements and the calculation of the QAO metric
- CASPER Reporting Provider User Guide
Contact the QTSO Help Desk at 800-339-9313 or help@qtso.com with questions about accessing your report.
Send questions about the QAO metric or report content to homehealthqualityquestions@cms.hhs.gov.
Please note this will be discussed during the CMS Open Door Forum on Wed., May 4th.
Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871