Tag: HVWDII

Hospice Quality Reporting Program Update for September 3, 2021

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…

Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life Measure Clarified

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…

Hospice Quality Reporting Program: Common Questions

As previously reported, NAHC received some answers to outstanding questions hospices had about the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP), relating primarily to changes from the Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) measure to the Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life (HVLDL) measure and the Hospice Care Index (HCI). The Centers for Medicare &…