October 2024 HHVBP IPRs Now Available: Review your performance and identify areas for improvement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the next quarterly Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. The IPRs are available to home health agencies (HHAs) through the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES).

The IPRs provide HHAs with their cohort assignment, performance year measure data for the most recent 12 months, and interim Total Performance Score (TPS). Home health agencies can use the IPRs to assess and track their performance relative to peers in their respective cohorts throughout the expanded Model performance year. Keep reading this blog post to get all the information you need to know from CMS. 

How to Utilize the October 2024 IPRs

The October 2024 IPRs include the following new information:

Six months of performance year 2024 data for OASIS-based measures.

This report includes three months of performance year 2024 data for both Claims-based and HHCAHPS Survey-based measures. It is the first report to include any 2024 data on these measures.

Agencies can utilize the October 2024 IPRS to:

Give HHAs a better sense of where they stand on these items for the 2024 performance year

Provide additional insight into projecting 2026 VBP payment adjustments

Compare the July and October IPRs (in addition to all previously available IPRS) to track trends in performance and identify the most significant opportunity for improvement

How to Access the October 2024 IPRs

To access the October 2024 IPRs, home health agencies should: 

Log into iQIES at https://iqies.cms.gov/.

Select the My Reports option from the Reports.

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 be displayed.

Instructions on accessing the IPRs are also available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage under “Model Reports.”

How SimiTree Can Help

The October 2024 IPRs provide HHAs with valuable information about their performance in the expanded HHVBP Model. HHAs should carefully review their IPRs and use the information to identify areas where they can improve. You can also reach out to our team to explore these two tools dedicated to making the most of your VBP data:

VBP IQ: Understand and leverage your VBP measure trends to forecast future total performance scores and VBP payment adjustments. Identify underperforming clinical teams and clinicians compared to organizational, state, and/or national benchmarks to develop individualized performance improvement plans.