August 26 2024
OASIS

NEW HHVBP Annual Performance Reports Now Available!

by Marian Essey RN, BSN, COS-C

CMS provides the first HHVBP Annual Performance Reports (APRs) to HHAs.

The Preview Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Annual Performance Reports (“CY 2024 APRs”) for the expanded HHVBP Model have been published on the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). APRs are only available to HHAs through iQIES.

The CY 2024 APRs provide the HHA’s Annual Payment Percentage (APP) based on performance in CY 2023, the performance year, which will be applied to Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) claims with through dates in the payment year, CY 2025. In addition, the CY 2024 APRs provide information related to HHA performance on key metrics that feed into the HHA’s APP, including performance measure scores, Improvement Points, Achievement Points, Care Points, and the Total Performance Score (TPS).

An HHA receives a CY 2024 APR if the HHA:

Was Medicare-certified prior to January 1, 2022, and
Had sufficient data for at least five quality measures to calculate a TPS and APP.

The CY 2024 APR quality measure performance scores time periods for each measure category are as follows:

Measure Category	Time Period	Minimum Threshold
OASIS-based episodes	January 1 – December 31, 2023	20 home health quality
Claims-based	January 1 – December 31, 2023	20 home health stays
HHCAHPS Survey-based	January 1 – December 31, 2023	40 completed surveys

APRs are available via iQIES in the “HHA Provider Preview Reports” folder, by the CMS Certification number (CCN) assigned to the HHA. For assistance with downloading your HHA’s APR, please contact the iQIES Service Center at 1-800-339-9313, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM-8:00 PM ET, or by email (iqies@cms.hhs.gov). To create a ticket online or track an existing ticket, please go to CCSQ Support Central.

Locating the APR in iQIES

Log into iQIES at https://iqies.cms.gov/.
Select the My Reports option from the Reports menu.
From the My Reports page, select the HHA Provider Preview Reports.
Select the HHVBP file to view the desired report. To quickly locate the most recently published report, select the down arrow adjacent to the Created Date label at the top of the table. This will order the reports in the folder from newest to oldest.
Select the file name link and the contents of the file will display.

The deadline for submitting a recalculation request for the CY 2024 APRs is September 7, 2024.

Of note: Recalculation requests do not apply to errors in data submission since submission requirements for the expanded Model align with current Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs).

HHAs may submit requests for recalculation by emailing hhvbp_recalculation_requests@abtassoc.com.