Hospice QRP COVID-19 PHE Tip Sheet Available
The Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Tip Sheet is now available. This tip sheet provides practical guidance to address hospice quality data submissions starting on July 1, 2020 now that the temporary exemptions from the COVID-19 PHE have ended. Hospices are expected to resume timely quality data collection and submission of Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)® Hospice Survey and Hospice Item Set (HIS) records. The CAHPS® Hospice Survey starts July 1st with July deaths. HIS also starts July 1st with all new HIS admission records and any HIS discharge records that occur on or after July 1, 2020. The Calendar Year (CY) 2020 data used for meeting the HQRP requirements include July 1st to Dec. 31, 2020, since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exempted Q1 and Q2 of 2020 (Jan. 1st to June 30, 2020). Please navigate to CMS's HQRP Requirements and Best Practices page to download this document.
Contact: Meg Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-929-9342