Index to the Blueprint
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| Blueprint for Excellence Homepage |
| About |
| Clinical Interventions |
| For All Patients |
| Build a High Performing Agency |
| Hospice Best Practices |
| Resources |
| Public Reporting (includes IMPACT Act, Compare, and Star Ratings) |
| Index |
Crosswalks to HomeHealth and Hospice Compare, Star Ratings
| Table 1: Cross Walk of Home-Base Care Reporting Requirements with the ElevatingHome Blueprint for Excellence | ||
| For Star Rating Category of: | For IMPACT Act Measures of: | Review Blueprint Modules on |
| Managing daily activities |
Functional status, cognitive function, changes in function and cognitive function | For All Patients: Maximizing function |
| Managing pain and treating symptoms | For All Patients: Control Pain | |
| Treating wounds and preventing pressure sores | Skin integrity and changes in skin integrity |
Clinical Interventions: Pressure Ulcers |
| Preventing harm |
Medication reconciliation Incidence of major falls |
For All Patients: Initiate Safe Care For All Patients: Reconcile Medications |
| Preventing unplanned hospital care |
Discharge to Community Potentially preventable hospital readmission |
For All Patients: Preventing Readmission and Promote Community Stay |
| Improving patient experience | For All Patients: Engage Patients/Enhance Experience | |
| Communicating the existence of and providing for the transfer of health information and care preferences | For All Patients: Initiate Safe Care Hospice Best Practices: Treatment Preferences |
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| Estimated Medicare Spending per Beneficiary | VNAA’s Value Based Resources | |
| All home-based care organizations are encouraged to review the module Build a High Performing Agency to identify best practices for delivering consistent high-quality care that contributes to the Quadruple Aim. | ||
| Table 2: Crosswalk of HQRP and with ElevatingHome Blueprint for Excellence | |
| Hospice Quality Reporting Measure | Recommended Blueprint for Excellence Module |
| Treatment Preferences - NQF #1641 | For All Patients: Engage Patients/Enhance Experience Hospice Best Practices: Treatment Preferences |
| Beliefs/Values Addressed- NQF #1647 | Hospice Care Initiation Hospice Best Practices: Treatment Preferences |
| Pain Screening- NQF #1634 Pain Assessment- NQF #1637 |
Hospice Symptom Management Hospice Care Initiation For All Patients: Control Pain |
| Dyspnea Screening- NQF #1639 Dyspnea Treatment- NQF #1638 |
Hospice Symptom Management Hospice Care Initiation For All Patients: Control Pain |
| Patients treated with opioids who are given a bowel regimen- NQF #1617 | Hospice Symptom Management Hospice Care Initiation |
| Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (No NQF Number) | Hospice Symptom Management |
| Comprehensive Assessment at Admission - NQF #3235 | Hospice Care Initiation |
| CAHPS® Hospice survey | For All Patients: Engage Patients/Enhance Experience Palliative Care Continuum |
| All home-based care organizations are encouraged to review the module Build a High Performing Agency to identify best practices for delivering consistent high-quality care that contributes to the Quadruple Aim. | |
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| Partner with referring clinicians and hospitals to develop programs and strategies to improve health outcomes and patient experience, and to help them meet accountability goals. | ||
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| By effectively engaging patients and caregivers as partners in care, home-based care organizations improve experience, activation, and ultimately, outcomes. | ||
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| Educate payers on opportunity to improve outcomes by more effectively caring for people in their homes. Drive smarter spending by preventing admissions and avoidable ED use. | ||
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| Support clinicians to practice in teams and at the top of their licenses, train for excellence, and recognize achievement. |