New Publicly Reported Hospice Quality Measures: Hospice Care Index & Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life

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November 30, 2021 Noon to 1:00PM Eastern REGISTER Free to NAHC members! Two new claims-based measures will be publicly reported in 2022 – HCI and HVLDL.  The HCI is brand new to hospices and includes ten different indicators of performance comprising the Index.  It is a measure that is complex and utilizes hospice claims data […]

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New Publicly Reported Hospice Quality Measures: Hospice Care Index & Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life

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November 30, 2021 Noon to 1:00PM Eastern REGISTER Free to NAHC members! Two new claims-based measures will be publicly reported in 2022 – HCI and HVLDL.  The HCI is brand new to hospices and includes ten different indicators of performance comprising the Index.  It is a measure that is complex and utilizes hospice claims data […]

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New Publicly Reported Hospice Quality Measures: Hospice Care Index & Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life

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November 30, 2021 Noon to 1:00PM Eastern REGISTER Free to NAHC members! Two new claims-based measures will be publicly reported in 2022 – HCI and HVLDL.  The HCI is brand new to hospices and includes ten different indicators of performance comprising the Index.  It is a measure that is complex and utilizes hospice claims data […]

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Hospice Quality Reporting Program Updates

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Important Nov 30 webinar on this topic! There are several new documents and updates for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) that hospices should be aware of as the new reporting year quickly approaches.  These are outlined below. In addition to these updates, NAHC will answer all your questions about this topic in a new […]

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CMS Releases Details of Two New Hospice Quality Reporting Measures

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Register for the October 19 Hospice Quality Reporting Program Forum (See details below) Hospices have been anxiously awaiting additional information on two new Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) measures: Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life Hospice Care Index. These are claims-based measures that CMS has indicated will be publicly posted on Care Compare no […]

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Hospice Quality Reporting Program Update for September 3, 2021

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On August 31 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a webinar on what hospices need to know from the FY2022 hospice final rule. The presentation covered the key changes made to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) through the final rule, including: Removal of the seven individual Hospice Item Set (HIS) process […]

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Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life Measure Clarified

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has re-specified the Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) measure. The re-specified measure, Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life (HVLDL), and was announced by CMS via the report Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent: Measure Validity Testing Summary and Re-Specifications (posted in September, 2020). HVLDL is a […]

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Hospice Item Set and Manual Updated, 2020 Hospice Technical Expert Panel Report Posted

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The final Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual V3.00 is now available, as is the updated HIS-Admission and HIS-Discharge documents. The updates to the HIS Manual and HIS-Discharge instrument reflect the removal of Section O and associated measures.  The HIS-Admission instrument was updated to reflect the current reporting year dates.  These changes were made to accommodate […]

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CMS Provides Clarification for Hospice Quality Reporting Program

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Home Health, Hospice, and DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Open Door Forum on January 26 (see NAHC Report) left some questions about the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) unanswered, so NAHC followed-up with CMS HQRP experts and received important clarifications. Read on for the full details. HIS-Discharge Record […]

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Hospice Quality Reporting Program Updates for January 2021

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It has been a busy end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).  Below are announcements, updates and plans hospices should be aware of.  Future Quality Measures The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in its January 26, 2021 Home Health, Hospice, & DME Open Door Forum […]

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Hospice Quality Reporting Program Revisions Proposed

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning to revise the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) measures and the Hospice Item Set (HIS) to remove Section O from the HIS and replace the Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent measure with a Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life measure. Section O […]

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