With the November 13, 2025 resumption of government operations following the government shutdown, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released Home Health Agency (HHA) Provider Preview Reports updates in iQIES.

Due to the lapse in federal appropriations, scheduled data refreshes and other routine updates were temporarily paused.

These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures to be published on Care Compare in January 2026. Data contained within the Provider Preview Reports are based on quality assessment data submitted by HHAs from Quarter 2, 2024 through Quarter 1, 2025.

The data for the claims-based measures will display data from Quarter 1, 2023 through Quarter 4, 2024 for the Discharge to Community and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary measures, Quarter 1, 2022 through Quarter 4, 2024 for the Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission measure, and Quarter 1, 2024 through Quarter 4, 2024 for the Home Health Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization measure.

Additionally, the data for the HHCAHPS measures will display data from Quarter 3, 2024 through Quarter 2, 2025. The Preview Reports for the January 2026 release include one new OASIS-based measure, COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date, based on quality assessment data from Quarter 1, 2025. This measure was proposed for removal in the CY2026 Home Health Rule which has not yet been published.