CMS Looking for More Hospices to Test HOPE Tool
CMS and their contractor, Abt Associates, are recruiting additional Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in a beta test of the draft hospice patient assessment instrument called Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE). Recruitment is...
Hospice Quality Reporting
Yesterday, CMS 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...
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...
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...
Hospice Care Compare Refresh Now Available
The February 2022 quarterly Hospice Quality Reporting Program has gone live on Care Compare. Data submission requirements were temporarily put on hold after the November 2020 refresh. The Hospice CAHPS Survey measure scores continue to...
LeadingAge Hospice Member Network Call
Join us on Tuesday, May 10th, at 1:00 PM CT, for the Hospice Member Network call. We’ll be discussing LeadingAge’s response to the FY2023 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule and how members can respond...
Hospice Preview Reports Available for the November 2022 Refresh
Hospices can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Providers have 30 days to review their quality measure results, after the first 30-day preview period, the...
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 &...
Prepare Your Organization for the Evolving Home Health and Hospice Environments
LeadingAge members have free access to the results of the 2021-2022 National Healthcare at Home Best Practices and Future Insights Study. Join Lindsay Doak, Senior Manager at BerryDunn and owner of the study, as...
Hospice CAHPS Exemption Deadline December 31, 2022
Hospices that served fewer than 50 survey-eligible decedents/caregivers in CY 2021 (January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021) can apply for an exemption from participation in the CAHPS Hospice Survey for CY 2022. To view or...
LeadingAge Hospice Member Network Call
Join us on Tuesday, October 11th, at 1:00 PM CT, for the Hospice Member Network call. Members will be joined by staff from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to discuss the new...
CAHPS Hospice Survey Data Submission Deadline in Two Weeks
The data submission deadline for hospice patients that passed away in January, February, and March 2022 (Quarter 1 2022) is August 10, 2022. Survey vendors are responsible for successfully submitting files by 11:59 PM...