Quality
CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program Forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on Thursday, December 12th, from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. ET to share an Introduction to Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE). Subject matter experts will also answer questions at the end of the webinar, as time permits. Webinar Details If you want to […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Reporting Update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notifications to home health agencies that were determined to be out of compliance with the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) requirements for calendar year (CY) 2025 Annual Payment Update (APU). Non-compliance notifications will be distributed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and will be […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Update
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures have been updated. In addition, three OASIS measures have been added to public reporting for the January 2025 refresh: The January 2025 refresh also includes the removal of one OASIS measure from public reporting: For additional information, please see the HH Quality […]
Read MoreHospice Quality Reporting Update
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results. Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports will continue to be available for another 30 days, […]
Read MoreRegistration Now Open for August 21, 2024 CMS HQRP Forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 21,from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. ET to share hospice-related updates around the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Hospice Final Rule published on July 30. Subject matter experts will also answer questions at the end of the webinar, as time permits. Webinar […]
Read MoreCMS Seeks Feedback on Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measures
As part of the Medicaid Access Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require every state Medicaid program to report information on a standardized set of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) national quality measures beginning in 2028. The quality measures will come from a subset of the National HCBS Quality Measure Set, […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Reporting Update
The July 2024 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters. For additional information on the COVID-19 public health emergency’s impact on public reporting, please see the HH QRP […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Reporting Update
For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and HH QRP claims-based measures have been updated. All OASIS and claims-based measures are now based on the standard number of quarters. The October 2024 Star Rating Preview Reports now include the addition of the number of episodes in the numerator for each […]
Read MoreProposed New OASIS Items
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted several new and modified proposed Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) items on Health-Related Social Needs (section R). The new section includes four items that address living situation, food, utilities, and transportation. The items are labeled as part of the Home Health Quality Reporting Program […]
Read MoreHospice Quality Reporting Update
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results. Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports will continue to be available for another 30 days, […]
Read MoreHospice Quality Reporting Program Updates
The following updates to the resources available for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) were recently made. 1. Help Desk Questions & Answers Quarter 1, 2024 The HQRP Help Desk responded to 88 questions the first quarter of this year. Three questions were deemed to be newer and/or more frequent questions and are included in […]
Read MoreCMS Issue Revised OASIS E1
On May 3, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a second draft of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) E1. The first OASIS E1 draft was issued on January 3, 2024. CMS did not provide an explanation for the OASISS E1 rerelease, but it was assumed that there were revisions […]
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