On December 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report on the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP) that summarizes input from the first two meetings of a technical expert panel (TEP) considering potential refinements to the model’s methodology, measures and approach to health equity. Launched in 2022, the expanded model includes Medicare-certified home health agencies in all 50 states and in U.S. territories. The model’s measure set currently uses data already reported by home health agencies through the Home Health Quality Reporting Program or Medicare claims and Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys. The first two meetings of the TEP focused on traditionally underserved populations in home health and providing input with an equity lens to ensure the refinements to the measure concepts and scoring methodology for the current model.