CMS designed the Home Health Value Based Purchasing program to incentivize quality and efficiency. If you’ve wondered why your agency’s HHVBP performance hasn’t been at the level you anticipated, this webinar series is for you! This five-part series is designed to give attendees an outline [or plan] for HHVBP success with real, impactful steps that are easily deployable for positive change. Weekly sessions will unpack the OASIS-based and Claims-based measures, which make up 80% to 100% of HHVBP measure weights, how they are calculated and risk adjusted, and include clinical and operational insights and best practices to improve performance, quality of patient care, and even patient satisfaction [as a side benefit of improved quality care].
6/18/2026 12pm -1:30pm: Session One: Functional OASIS Based Outcomes Measures
This class includes the OASIS based measures Improvement in Dyspnea, Improvement in Management of Oral Medications, Improvement in Bathing, Improvement in Upper Body Dressing and Improvement in Lower Body Dressing. Attendees will learn which OASIS items are used to calculate each measure, which OASIS items are used for measure risk adjustment, and Official Coding Guidelines for accurately collecting OASIS data. Also included are clinical measures and best practices that impact the patient’s functional status to move the outcomes needle in a positive direction.
6/25/2026 12pm-1:30pm Session Two: Focus on Discharge Function Score
This class deep dives into the composite, OASIS-based Discharge Function Score measure, the GG items used to calculate it, as well as risk adjustment items for this measure. Attendees will learn the true meaning of GG item “Activity Not Attempted” responses, how the use of these responses impact calculation of the measure, and Official OASIS Guidelines for when use is appropriate. Learn how collaboration can influence accuracy, where item-specific guidance for M1800 items and GG items differ, and so much more!
7/2/2026 12pm-1:30pm Session Three: Home Health Within Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) and the Diagnoses at Play
Di/d your Interim Performance on the Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure surprise you? If so, you are not alone. This session will deep dive into how the Claims-based PPH measure is defined, how it is calculated, which clinical processes impact outcomes, and how CMS decides if a hospitalization is “preventable” in the first place. Think there is little you can do to prevent patient hospitalizations? Think again! You will learn clinical best practices that identify risks, manage them, and keep those preventable impatient stays and their related costs from impacting performance and payment.
7/9/2026 12pm-1:30pm Session Four: Discharged to Community Claims-based Measure with Discharge Planning Implications
This class focuses on successful discharge from the agency, which is defined differently for the HHVBP DTC measure than the typical definition we think of. The attendee will be able to define the measure, how it is calculated, and how clinical processes drive performance by the end of this session. You will learn best practices for discharge planning, including clinical and operational implications during the home health stay, and after agency discharge. Includes a review of the Home Health Conditions of Participation related to Discharge Planning for a “big picture” of the discharge process and its impact on your agency.
7/16/2026 12pm-1:30pm Session Five: Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Claims-based Measure with Process and Utilization Insights
Lastly, session five will focus on the MSPB-PAC outcomes measure, which incentivizes patient quality, utilization, and decreased Medicare spending. If you are not sure how to monitor and shore up performance on this measure, this session is for you! We will identify other [than home health agency] spending that impacts measure performance, how care coordination comes into play, which quality reports help identify issues with home health processes and utilization, and what determines good performance on this claims-based measure. As a bonus, we will identify best practices that impact patient outcomes through home health clinical encounters and how efficient processes drive positive performance.
Faculty: Jennifer Osburn, RN, HCS-D, COS-S, Clinical Consultant, Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc.
Continuing Education: 7.50 clock hours continuing education for Administrators/Alternates; 7.50 contact hours Continuing Nursing Education
Each registration is for one (1) person only. You must pay for a separate registration for each person needing continuing education credits (CE’s).
Cost:
Members: $375
Non Members: 575
No refunds will be given.