Which term refers to a publicly available set of measures for home health agencies?

• A. 5 Star Ratings
• B. Home Health Compare
• C. CASPER reporting system
• D. HIPPS code

Answer: (B)

The publicly available set of measures for home health agencies is Home Health Compare. This CMS online tool gathers and displays quality measures from agency data so consumers can compare performance across agencies. It includes various domains like functional outcome measures, care processes, and patient experience, and it also presents the overall star rating that summarizes performance.

The other options relate to components or systems but aren’t the public collection of measures itself. The five-star ratings come from the measures as a summary rating shown on Home Health Compare. The CASPER reporting system is an internal CMS data tool used for surveys and quality improvement, not a public measure set. HIPPS codes are billing/payment identifiers, not quality measures.