Fei Wan, PhD

The authors of “CMS HCC Risk Scores and Home Health Patient Experience Measures” respond to a letter to the editor.

Risk adjustment for patient experience measures needs to be modified by including the CMS Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) risk scores of home health beneficiaries.

Revisions of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program should consider including community characteristics in risk adjustment models and adding mechanisms that recognize improvement given the uniqueness of the Mississippi Delta region.