Breathing Between the Lines: Dyspnea Assessments, Adjustments and Outcomes

Improvement in dyspnea remains one of the most challenging and misunderstood quality measures for home health organizations. Accurate scoring requires more than asking whether a patient is short of breath — clinicians must know how to ask the right questions, recognize subtle signs of impairment and capture the patient’s true functional status within the OASIS assessment.

In this educational webinar, Michelle Horner and Lisa Selman-Holman will explore the clinical, operational and performance implications of dyspnea scoring, including its impact on Star Ratings and HHVBP. Attendees will gain practical strategies to improve assessment accuracy, understand dyspnea-related risk adjustment and use real-time analytics to monitor performance trends and support quality improvement.

What You’ll Learn 

• Common challenges and misconceptions related to dyspnea assessment and OASIS scoring 
• Practical questioning techniques to support more accurate patient assessment 
• How Improvement in Dyspnea impacts publicly reported quality measures, Star Ratings and HHVBP performance 
• How risk adjustment influences dyspnea outcome calculations 
• How real-time analytics and performance monitoring can support quality improvement initiatives 

Who Should Attend 

• Home Health Administrators and Executive Leaders 
• Clinical Directors and Managers 
• OASIS Specialists and QA Teams 
• Quality Improvement and Performance Leaders 
• Field Clinicians and Clinical Educators 
• Anyone responsible for OASIS accuracy, Star Ratings or HHVBP performance