Improvement in Self-Care
Improvement in self-care refers to the family of OASIS-based home health outcome measures tracking whether patients gained independence in activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and managing oral medications, between the start or resumption of care and discharge. Self-care outcomes gained weight in the expanded HHVBP model, whose CY2026 measure set adds new bathing and dressing function measures to the OASIS-based category.
Definition
Improvement in self-care refers to the family of OASIS-based home health outcome measures tracking whether patients gained independence in activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and managing oral medications, between the start or resumption of care and discharge. Self-care outcomes gained weight in the expanded HHVBP model, whose CY2026 measure set adds new bathing and dressing function measures to the OASIS-based category.
Why it matters
Improvement in Self-Care is part of the Quality & Outcomes 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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