Star Measure Quarterly Trending Tool ™
Timely data analysis is essential to improving quality outcomes. The purpose of this Star Measure Quarterly Trending Tool (T-Tool ™) is to assist home health agencies with collecting, tracking and trending quarterly CMS performance measure data. This T-Tool provides color-coded at-a-glance tracking and trending capability based on quarterly CMS State and CMS National Averages, and Star Ratings. Using this T-Tool is a proactive approach to transforming data into useful information that can assist with identifying performance gaps and developing and implementing performance improvement activities.