CMS Hospice Announcements
Hospice Provider Preview Reports Now Available
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) non-validation reports folder. Hospice providers are encouraged to review their Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from Quarter 4, 2017 to Quarter 3, 2018 and their facility-level CAHPS® survey results from Quarter 4, 2016 to Quarter 3, 2018.
Providers have 30 days to review their HIS and CAHPS® results (May 30, 2019 through July 1, 2019) prior to the August 2019 Hospice Compare site refresh, during which this data will be publicly displayed.
Should a provider believe the denominator or other HIS quality metric to be inaccurate or if there are errors within the results from the CAHPS® survey data, a provider may request CMS review. Providers must adhere to the process outlined on the Public Reporting: HIS Preview Reports and Requests for CMS Review of HIS Data webpage and the Public Reporting: CAHPS® Preview Reports and Requests for CMS Review of CAHPS® Data webpage.
For more information on how to access these reports, view the HIS Preview Report Access Instructions and the Hospice CAHPS® Provider Preview Report Access Instructions.
CMS to Host Special June 12th Open Door Forum on Hospice Assessment Tool
The CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) will host a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) on the development of a Hospice Assessment Tool. It will take place on Wed., June 12, 2019 from 2 to 3 p.m. as a conference call only. This forum is part of a series that CMS plans to host on this tool and other key topics related to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. The purpose of a hospice assessment tool is to understand the care needs of people through the dying process and to ensure the safety and comfort of individuals enrolled in hospice institutions nationwide. The call-in and conference identification number is:
Participant Dial-In No.: 1-800-837-1935
Conference ID No.: 9490006
Additional information on the Hospice Assessment Tool can be found here.
Contact: Meg Carr Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871