Here are the answers from yesterday’s outcome and process measure reporting quiz!
a. True. Home Health Compare (HHC) will report only on short-term episodes for best practice process measures. If an agency implements a best practice in the first episode and the patient is recertified, M2400, intervention synopsis, will never capture implementation.
b. False. The plan of care generated at start and recertification of care is certainly an important component to consider when completing M2250 and M2400. However, verbal orders that modify that document are also considered to be the plan of care.
This quiz was adapted from the January issue of Homecare Direction. Click here to learn more about how to subscribe.
April 28th, 2010 at 8:02 am
When answering the April 21st Best Practice Question regarding best practices being captured when patients have multiple episodes, which part of the question are you considering false? I have been told that Home Health Compare WILL only report short term episodes’ best practices, short term being defined as 60 days or less. Is this correct? Given the verbage on the discharge oasis, certainly interventions may be answered “yes” on M2400, but if there were interventions in the first episode, not the second, the answer must be “no”. That will not be captured by Home Health Compare?