Risk Adjustment in Home Health: Understanding the Impact on Quality Measures

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Risk Adjustment in Home Health: Understanding the Impact on Quality Measures

Thursday, February 20 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 20 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET

Webinar | February 20 | 90 Minutes | 1.5 CEUs | $99

Risk adjustment often feels like a riddle wrapped in red tape — but understanding it is the key to unlocking your agency’s potential. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) use these models to ensure fair comparisons across agencies, but do you know how they really work?

Join McBee experts Michelle Horner and Karen Tibbs as they break down the complexities of risk adjustment, reveal how it impacts critical quality measures like Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) and Discharge Function Scores, and show you how to use this knowledge to your advantage. Don’t let risk adjustment stump you — now is the time to master it and drive your agency’s success!

Learning Objectives

• Understand Risk Adjustment Fundamentals: Learn how CMS uses risk adjustment to create equitable quality comparisons across home health agencies.
• Explore Specific Risk Models: Gain a deeper understanding of the risk models applied to PPH, Discharge Function Scores, and other quality measures in home health.
• Recognize the Impact of Risk Adjustment: Understand how patient complexity and risk adjustment affect your agency’s performance metrics, star ratings, and value-based purchasing outcomes.
• Apply Knowledge to Improve Outcomes: Identify strategies to manage patient data and improve documentation to optimize your agency’s performance under risk-adjusted measures.

This webinar is designed to empower home health professionals with the knowledge to navigate risk adjustment and leverage it to improve quality outcomes and operational success.

*The recording will be available to attendees for 30 days post-event

Please note that the webinar pricing is per person. Only the individual who registers will receive access to the Zoom link and be eligible to earn Continuing Education credits. Sharing of links or credentials is not permitted.

Speakers

Michelle Horner

Manager, Clinical Consulting & Education

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Karen Tibbs

Director, OASIS

Continuing Education

This webinar will award the following continuing education upon completion:

• 1.5 Hours for Nurses & Administrators
• Meets criteria for 1.0 HCS-O Hour

McBee, a division of Netsmart Technologies, is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.