Medicare launched a home health value-based purchasing pilot program (HHVBP) on January 1, 2016. The HHVBP will last for five years and can be expanded at any time. The pilot operates in nine states: Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington State. During March and April, NAHC is holding training conferences in each of these states to familiarize home health agencies with the program and to encourage best practices that lead to success.
This preconference program builds on experiences gained to date, before the expected release of performance benchmark data in April 2016. It is a program that’s suitable for all home health agencies, not just those in the target states, since value-based purchasing in every agency’s future.
Program Outline
- Implementing and managing an HHVBP Strategic Plan: Team make-up, resources needed, internal culture change management, external integration and coordination, time frames
- Managing essential data dashboards for HHVBP: Accessing data, identifying strengths and weaknesses relative to HHVBP measures, data input accuracy, ongoing performance monitoring, getting granular in data analytics, IT systems and working with your vendor
- Operations/clinical best practices: Integrating data/measures into performance, best practices strategies, prioritizing changes
- Financial best practices: Establishing benchmarks for performance, assigning resources/budgeting, prioritizing return on investment (ROI)
Separate registration is required for this session.