Posted on Sunday, June 9, 2019 11:46 PM

Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) non-validation reports folder. Hospice providers are encouraged to review their Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from Quarter 4, 2017 to Quarter 3, 2018 and their facility-level CAHPS® survey results from Quarter 4, 2016 to Quarter 3, 2018. Specifically, the following 9 HIS quality measures will be included:

1. Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure – Comprehensive Assessment at Admission
2. Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
3. Pain Screening
4. Pain Assessment
5. Dyspnea Screening
6. Dyspnea Treatment
7. Treatment Preferences
8. Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)
9. Hospice Visits when Death is Imminent
These reports will be available through July 1, 2019.
Source: NAHC Report

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