HOME HEALTH CARE NEWS: CMS Announces Unprecedented Quality Measure Set for Home- and Community-Based Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced its first ever quality measure set for Home-and-Community-Based Services. The measures will promote “consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs.” The measures are built around three pillars: access, a rebalancing of HCBS spend versus institutional care spend and community integration.