Measure Justification Form: Healthy Days In The Community For CMS Programs Serving Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees & Medicaid-Only Enrollees

On March 21, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released this measure justification form regarding the measure healthy days in the community. Healthy days in the community measures the number of days a beneficiary is alive, residing in the community and does not require acute care services in the hospital or emergency department (ED), post-acute care in a facility or home health setting or other non-acute care in an institutional facility setting. This document discusses the measure rationale, populations who the measure effects, the role of health plans, and sources of evidence . . .