Care Compare
Care Compare is the Medicare.gov website where CMS publicly reports quality data for home health agencies and other provider types. For home health, it displays the Quality of Patient Care Star Rating, the Patient Survey Star Rating, and individual quality measure results drawn from OASIS assessments, Medicare claims, and HHCAHPS surveys.
Definition
Care Compare is the Medicare.gov website where CMS publicly reports quality data for home health agencies and other provider types. For home health, it displays the Quality of Patient Care Star Rating, the Patient Survey Star Rating, and individual quality measure results drawn from OASIS assessments, Medicare claims, and HHCAHPS surveys.
Why it matters
Care Compare is part of the Compliance & Survey vocabulary used across home health operations, documentation, and revenue cycle. Understanding it helps clinicians, QA leads, and administrators stay aligned on care quality and compliance.
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