CMS has added a five-star rating comparison tool to the Home Health Compare system, to help patients assess patient experiences with Home Health Agencies.

The star ratings are derived from the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) survey, a national, standardized, 34-item survey specifically designed to measure the experiences of people receiving home health care from Medicare-certified home health agencies (HHAs). The HHCAHPS survey is conducted for HHAs by approved HHCAHPS Survey vendors.

The new tool provides (HHCAHPS) survey star ratings for HHAs in the following categories: (1) care of patients; (2) communication between providers and patients; (3) specific care issues; (4) overall rating of care provided by the home health agency (i.e., an HHCAHPS global component); and (5) Survey Summary Star rating.

Although there are only 6000 HHAs with care experience star ratings at this point, CMS will regularly add and update the website to add more agencies.

Take a look for yourself: https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/search.html