quality reporting
ALERT: Quality Reporting Resumes July 1, 2020
Both hospice and home health providers will resume quality data reporting July 1, 2020. For three calendar quarters – October 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided an exception for hospice and home health providers from submitting quality data due to the current Public Health Emergency […]
Read MoreQuality Reporting Relief Only Through 2Q 2020
Last week NAHC reported on the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) relieve. There was a question about whether the relief extended through 3Q 2020 or only through 2Q 2020. NAHC received confirmation from CMS late yesterday that the relief extends only through 2Q 2020. Below are the dates […]
Read MoreUpdate: CMS Announces Quality Reporting Program Relief
As previously reported, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced some quality reporting program relief for providers last week. For both home health and hospice there are some data that do not need to be submitted, and there were some outstanding questions on exactly what the relief covered. Over this past weekend CMS […]
Read MoreCMS Announces Quality Reporting Program Relief
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new quality reporting program relief for providers, including data submission relief for both home health and hospice providers. For both home health and hospice there are some data that do not need to be submitted, as follows: Deadlines for October 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 (Q4) […]
Read MoreCMS Grants Exceptions to Quality Reporting in Disaster Areas
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting programs for providers, including home health and hospice agencies located in areas affected by the California wildfires in accord with this memo and located in areas affected by Hurricane Nate in accord with this memo. These healthcare providers will […]
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