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Hospice Compare Quarterly Refresh Available
The
August 2019 quarterly Hospice Compare refresh of quality data is now
available. It is based on Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure
results from data collected Q4 2017-Q3 2018 and Hospice Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
Survey® results reported Q4 2016 – Q3 2018.
Beginning
with the August 2019 refresh, Hospice Compare will include hospice
provider performance scores on the Hospice
Visits when Death is Imminent three-day measure, which
assesses the percentage of patients who receive at least one visit from
a registered nurse, physician, nurse practitioner, or physician
assistant in the last
three days of life. CMS has decided not to publish
Measure 2, the seven-day measure, at this time to allow further testing
to determine if changes to the measure or how it would be displayed on
Hospice Compare are needed. Additional testing will help ensure the
measure’s accuracy and reliability as an indicator of provider quality.
CMS will not post data for this measure, including each hospice’s
performance as well as the national rate, while conducting more
testing. The decision not to publicly report the seven-day measure at
this time has no impact on other Hospice Quality Reporting Program
(HQRP) measures.
For
additional information on the Hospice Visits when Death is Imminent
measures, we invite you to view the associated Fact Sheet and Q & A documents.
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