Hospice Quality Reporting
CMS recently announced the availability of new resources related to hospice quality reporting, including the Second Edition HQRP Public Reporting Tip Sheet and the Second Edition HQRP Compliance Tip Sheet. Both are available on...
Registration open for the December 16th Hospice Quality Reporting Program Forum
On Thursday, December 16th from 1:30 – 2:30 PM CT, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar to share updates on the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. The webinar will focus...
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life Measure Goes Live in May
In February 2022, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed, through their consensus process, the claims-based measure, Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life, or HVLDL. HVLDL reflects the proportion of hospice patients who received...
MLN Article on Value-Based Insurance Design Model Hospice Services
This week’s MLN reviewed the Value-Based Insured Design Model payment for hospice services. Under the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model, participating Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) retain responsibility for all Original Medicare...
Hospice PEPPER Reports Now Available
The hospice PEPPER reports were released recently. These reports are an educational tool that summarizes individual hospice data statistics for Medicare services that may be at risk for improper payments pre-CMS guidance. The data...
Hospice Quality Reporting Program TEP Update
CMS released a Summary Report from the Hospice Quality Reported Program Technical Expert Panel (TEP). The report covers the conversations of the TEP a number of issues which will inform the development of the Hospice Outcome...
Hospice Cost Reports Now Capturing Assisted Suicide Data
CMS updated requirements for hospice cost reports to collect non-reimbursable costs associated with assisted suicide. For hospices located in states that allow suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician, hospices will now need to enter...
CMS Hospice Public Reporting Key Dates for Hospices
CMS updated their website listing the key reporting dates for hospice agencies. This includes schedules refreshes of the Care Compare website, upcoming data correction deadlines for public reporting, and the CAHPS Hospice Survey upcoming data submission...
MLN Clarifies Hospice Aggregate & Inpatient Caps Under VBID
In an MLN article this week, CMS clarifies that Medicare patients enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plans that are participating in the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model’s Hospice Benefit Component cannot be included in a hospice’s aggregate &...
How Does Your Hospice Promote Health Equity?
CMS recently published the proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule. LeadingAge will submit comments on the proposed rule and we encourage members to do so as well, paying particular attention to the...
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life Clarification
On April 14, 2022, CMS inadvertently posted an announcement about the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsement of the claims-based measure, Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life, or HVLDLas NQF #3645. At this time NQF...
Inpatient Hospice 1135 Waivers Ending
CMS released a memo stating that certain waivers pertaining to in-patient hospices will lapse in 60 days from the issuance of today’s memo. Specifically, there are four waivers around life safety codes, facility and equipment inspection,...