Success in Home Health Star Ratings: Data Strategies

Course overview

To achieve and sustain high CMS Home Health Star Ratings, healthcare providers must go beyond quality care delivery; they must understand and strategically use data. This course guides clinicians and organizational leaders in leveraging data findings and reports to drive quality improvement, enhance patient outcomes, and optimize agency performance. Participants will learn how to locate and interpret key reports from CMS and other platforms, understand the methodology behind star rating calculations, and identify performance trends using both real-time and retrospective data. With a focus on actionable analysis, root cause identification, and collaborative quality improvement planning, this course empowers providers across disciplines; including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology; to turn insights into impact. Whether working in clinical roles or leading quality initiatives, learners will leave with the tools needed to influence and improve both patient care and star rating performance through informed data strategies.