Posted on Monday, September 21, 2020
Today based on a public engagement opportunity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the selection of 20 Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in the alpha testing phase of development of the Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment. These providers represent the diversity of hospices through their various sizes, geographic locations, urban and rural, business models, and use of electronic and paper-based data collection. HOPE Alpha Testing will begin this fall 2020.
The HOPE assessment is important to developing a set of hospice quality measures, including outcome measures, that reflect the needs of patients, their families, and caregivers throughout the hospice stay. The following are the 20 Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in the HOPE Alpha Testing:
| Hospice | City | State |
| Agape Care-South Carolina | Spartanburg | SC |
| Bridge Home Health and Hospice | Findlay | OH |
| Carris Health Rice Hospice | Willmar | MN |
| Chaplaincy Health Care | Kennewick | WA |
| Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care | Lakewood | NY |
| Circle of Life Hospice | Springdale | AR |
| Covenant Care | Pensacola | FL |
| Elara Caring | Jackson | MI |
| Elite Hospice (LHC Group) | Mena | AR |
| Embracing HospiceCare | Wall | NJ |
| Homeland Hospice | Harrisburg | PA |
| Hudson Valley Hospice | Poughkeepsie | NY |
| Interim Healthcare Hospice | Worthington | OH |
| Mercy Hospice | Saint Louis | MO |
| Nathan Adelson Hospice | Las Vegas | NV |
| Salus Hospice | Irvine | CA |
| Sharp HospiceCare | La Mesa | CA |
| Tabitha Hospice | Lincoln | NE |
| Valley Hospice | Rayland | OH |
| Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice | New York | NY |
Source: CMS
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