Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forums Update

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On the February 20th Home Health, Hospice and DME ODF, CMS staff responded to a question regarding the Home Health Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure. The caller asked if the measure is risk adjusted and if not, was CMS considering risk adjustment in the future. CMS staff responded erroneously that the measure is not risk adjusted and there are no plans to risk adjust in the future. The correct response is that the Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure is already risk adjusted.