Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model of 2025
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- Sharpen your understanding of the VBP program
- Explore the implications of the Discharge Function Score (DFS) for rehab professionals
- Formulate treatment interventions to favorably impact your patient's DFS
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The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model seeks to achieve four key objectives. 1) Improve the quality and efficiency of home health care 2) Improve the patient's experience with care 3) Strengthen the patient's physical function 4) Address the patient's health issues before they require an ED visit. In 2025, CMS is launching an expanded Home Health Value-Based program to bettercompare provider quality and streamline the reporting process.
New to the 2025 VBP program is the Discharge Function Score (DFS) that compares patient functionality at dischargeto an expected level of ability- pre-determined by unique patient characteristics and circumstances. The DFS will address both self-care and mobility function through a single outcome measure. The number of patients that meet or exceed their expected discharge function will favorablyinfluence the agencies' VBP- Total PerformanceScore.
For VBP success, it will be essential to know where to focus your rehab capability to best influence this multifaceted measure. The Discharge Function Score will provide youragency valuable insight into its rehabilitation quality and illuminate potential QAPI opportunities. This course will examine the components of the Discharge Function Score and offer detailed strategies to positively impact your patient'sunique DFS.
Highlights
- Sharpen your understanding of the VBP program
- Explore the implications of the Discharge Function Score (DFS) for rehab professionals
- Formulate treatment interventions to favorably impact your patient's DFS
Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants
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4/5
Todd (ID) on Dec 05, 2025
need of important education.
3/5
Stephanie (NY) on Oct 19, 2025
i feel this presenter really discounts certain aspects of physical therapy. there was a lot of "dismissing" aspects of other providers because either lack of education or lack of appropriate knowledge on his part on how to document. for example, "we shouldn't just be doing ankle pumps"...well this is documentation thing - is this being done with legs elevated to assist with chf, s\/p surgery to prevent dvts. or is this the whole "its the only thing the patient can teach back" to his other providers and remembers from hep ...most patients asked to verbalize what their hep will say "ankle pumps and standing ex"...they need to demo or have copy of ex with them. also provider very dismissive of high rep (20-30 reps) of an ex - again this is a documentation thing. high reps should be the basis before adding weight to enure posture\/stability for quality\/form prior to addition of weight. high reps also assist with pain management in elderly...and if done 3-5 times a day increase overall activity levels from 5 min to possibly 30 active min during day making patient more functional without pain increases. again - this presenter is very dismissive of certain therapy methods - seems he doesn't see the point or isn't aware of how to document these accurately as medical progression\/skilled service. his focus on these "not being appropriate" actually took time away in the podcast from the very relevant information he provided scoring, percentage of areas on outcomes etc.
4/5
Stephanie (NC) on Aug 17, 2025
i was hoping to get more specific examples on patient situations and how to score for each gg question. seemed to be more of just reading what the oasis prompt says, rather than, working through various examples of patient situations and grey areas.
5/5
Aimee (IN) on Jul 01, 2025
more examples would have been helpful but the reference material was insightful
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