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HHAs Called On The Carpet For Seriously Underreporting Falls

Published on Fri Sep 15, 2023

Watch out: Extremely low falls QM figures may become a red flag. Providers self-reporting quality data has long been a cause for concern, and a new report from a federal watchdog agency shows why. “Among Medicare home health patients hospitalized for falls with major injury, over half of the falls were not reported on patient assessments by HHAs as required,” [...]
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