Posted April 15, 2023
CMS is moving towards the development of health equity quality measures for hospices as evidenced by 2022’s convened technical expert panel to study the issue. Among the questions the panel has considered is the addition of new measures to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).
CMS has not introduced any new measures, but the proposed rule contains a request for information (RFI) data on how hospices approach health equity.
“CMS is trying to figure out where the data needs to be collected from and how to share it with hospices so that they understand how to work with vulnerable populations and best practices about gathering that data,” Katy Barnett, director for home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge, told Hospice News. “I’m assuming that part of that is really leaning into the HOPE tool development and looking at consistency across all post-acute care providers and making sure that we’re tracking the same types of elements.”
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