The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the April 2023 Quarterly OASIS Q & A. Within it, a number of questions address the new Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP):

• While OASIS-E took effect on January 1, 2023, at the same time as the first reporting year of HHVBP, only one measure from the new assessment is being used in HHVBP – D0150 because they match responses from M1730 on the previous OASIS-D1.
• Additionally, CMS reviews which OASIS measures exclude patients who are transferred or discharged from home health to hospice on or after January 1, 2023.
• Finally, CMS clarifies which patients are excluded from the OASIS-based Discharged to the Community Measure for HHVBP including hospice discharges, deaths at home, and unknown discharge reasons.