Comparative Reports on Home Health Care, Hospice Care, and Other Long-Term Care
The following reports are examples of comparative information on the quality of care provided by home health care, hospice care and other long-term care providers.
Report Title: Home Health Compare
Website: https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/. Accessed July 21, 2022.
Subject: Home health
Developer: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Developer Type: Federal government
Location: United States
Synopsis: The Home Health Compare website contains information about the quality of care provided by Medicare-certified home health agencies across the United States. The quality information provided on this website shows how often each home health agency used recommended care practices when caring for its patients and whether patients improved in certain important areas of care, as well as what other patients said about their experiences at the home health agency. Home Health Compare uses star ratings to summarize the performance of each home health agency on nine quality measures, with one star as the lowest score and five stars as the highest.
Report Title: New York State Home Care Profiles
Website: http://profiles.health.ny.gov/home_care. Accessed July 21, 2022.
Subject: Home health
Developer: New York State Department of Health
Developer Type: State government
Location: New York
Synopsis: Home Care Profiles provide information about home care agencies in New York State. The website has information on how home care agencies perform on quality measures such as managing daily activities, patient satisfaction, preventing harm, preventing unplanned admissions, and treating symptoms. Home health care performance measures are displayed using charts, tables, numeric data, symbols, and descriptive information.
Report Title: Maryland Quality Reporting
Website: https://healthcarequality.mhcc.maryland.gov/Hospice/Suggestion. Accessed August 11, 2022.
Subject: Hospice
Developer: Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC)
Developer Type: State agency
Location: Maryland
Synopsis: Maryland Quality Reporting is a website with information on health plans and different types of providers, including different types of long-term care facilities. Users of this report can compare hospices based on their family experience of care survey results and quality scores.
Report Title: Ohio Long-Term Care Consumer Guide
Website: https://ltc.ohio.gov/care-information/find-facilities. Accessed August 11, 2022.
Subject: Long-term care facilities
Developer: Ohio Department of Aging
Developer Type: State government
Location: Ohio
Synopsis: The Long-Term Care Consumer Guide allows users to search for and compare a variety of long-term care facilities. Users can filter for geographic location, including type of facility (assisted living, nursing home, supportive living, residential treatment facilities), facility keywords, and/ or services provided to view family survey overall score and resident survey overall score. Once facilities are selected, users can compare additional details, such as policies, staff, payment information, special care services, senior staff qualifications, and quality measures (e.g., resident satisfaction survey, most recent annual survey date).
