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Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization Among Their Medicare Patients.
November 8, 2023
Maxwell A. Washington DC: Office of Inspector General; September 2023. Report no. OEI-05-22-00290.
Falls are a persistent threat to patient safety and effective reporting of this adverse event can assist in understanding important gaps in care. This report examines the incidence of Medicare home health patients experiencing falls with major injury resulting in hospitalization that were not reported as required. 55% of falls were not documented thusly negatively impacting the viability of Care Compare as a reliable public resource for this information.
