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At Home Continued …

Home Health

Home Health served 580 clients this year, and has contin- Home Health was able to move its Quality of Care from 2.5 stars
ued to grow exponentially, with an 86% increase since 2016. to 3 stars. Below are some of the indicators used to calculate the Home and Community
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) moni- stars. Note that the data used to calculate stars is from 4/2016–
tors several quality indicators. Data from these are used to 3/2017.
calculate an overall star rating, ranging from 1–5. In 2017,

Home Health Outcomes Target 2017

Timely initiation of care. 90% 95%

Improvement in oral 63% 67%
medication management.

Improvement in status 90% 89%
of surgical wounds.

Improvement in pain. 75% 72%

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