New for Home Health: Social Needs Confidential Feedback Report, Education

On October 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new Screen Positive for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Indicator Confidential Feedback Report to Home Health agencies.

This report presents summary information for an agency's patient population on four HRSN data elements: Health Literacy, Need for Interpreter Services, Social Isolation, and Transportation. Results for this initial report are calculated using data from October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024, and will be updated quarterly based on the most recent 12 months of available data.

This report is provider-generated in iQIES, instructions on how to generate the report are available here.

To support providers in accessing and understanding this new report, CMS has released an educational webinar recording and the related webinar slides and transcript. There is also a fact sheet that provides an overview of the Screen Positive for HRSN Indicator Confidential Feedback Report.