The percentage of home health episodes of care in which diabetic foot care and patient/caregiver education were included in the physician-ordered plan of care and implemented for diabetic patients since the previous OASIS assessment.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
The number of home health episodes where at end of episode, diabetic foot care and education specified in the care plan had been implemented.
Denominator
The number of home health episodes of care ending during the data collection period other than those covered by generic or measure-specific denominator exclusions.
Exclusions
Measure specific exclusions: Episodes in which the patient was not diabetic and/or had bilateral foot/lower leg amputations, and episodes ending in patient death.
Generic exclusions: None, except that HHAs are exempt from reporting OASIS data to CMS on certain categories of patients/clients as described in the next section.
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