Since 2003, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality has partnered with volunteer home health agencies throughout the state as part of the federally directed Home Health Quality Improvement Initiatives (HHQI).  Led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHQI aims to:

• empower consumers with quality of care information to make more informed decisions about their health care, and
• stimulate and support providers and clinicians to improve the quality of health care.

Home health agencies participating in Home Health Quality Improvement Initiatives (HHQI) measure and report performance on quality measures that indicate how well their patients perform activities of daily living such as bathing and taking their medicines. They also include data about physical status and use of hospitalization and emergency care. CMS makes performance data available to the public via the www.medicare.gov (compare) websites. This public reporting helps consumers make more informed decisions and provides additional incentive for agencies to improve the care they provide. As the Quality Improvement Organization for Oklahoma, OFMQ’s has assisted home health agencies to successfully implement quality improvement principles and techniques to achieve better performance and ultimately better patient outcomes.