Percentage of home health episodes of care during which patients received influenza immunization for the current flu season.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of home health episodes of care during which the patient a) received vaccination from the HHA or b) had received vaccination from HHA during earlier episode of care, or c) was determined to have received vaccination from another provider.
Denominator
Number of home health episodes of care ending during the reporting period, other than those covered by generic or measure-specific exclusions.
Exclusions
Measure-specific exclusions: Episodes which (1) do not include any days during the flu season (October 1 - March 31), OR episode ended with patient death, OR the patient does not meet the CDC guidelines for influenza vaccine.
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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