Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare It’s never fun to share a negative article about healthcare providers but it’s important for the industry to be aware of what’s “out there” in the media.  Such an article was published on November 28, 2022 for the December 5, 2022 edition of The New Yorker;…… Continue reading How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results.  Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports…… Continue reading Hospice Preview Reports for the February 2023 Refresh Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the September 2022 HQRP Forum to provide information on the Fiscal Year 2023 Hospice Final Rule, recent public reporting activity, and additional HQRP updates. Materials from this HQRP Forum, including a recording…… Continue reading Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) September Forum Materials Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Hospice Quarterly Update for the third quarter of 2022 is now available. This update includes Hospice Quality Reporting Program highlights from July to September 2022, events and engagement opportunities for the fourth quarter of 2022 (October-December 2022), and selected questions and answers from the Hospice…… Continue reading HQRP Quarterly Update for 3rd Quarter of 2022 Available 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Swingtech sends informational messages to hospices related to the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) on a quarterly basis. Their latest outreach communication can be found on the HQRP Requirements and Best Practices webpage. If you want to receive Swingtech’s quarterly emails, then add or update the email…… Continue reading Important Updates on the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The revised resource is an updated list of acronyms commonly used throughout HQRP training materials and presentations. Providers may wish to download and/or print this acronym list to have available as they review resources in the Training and Education Libraries. This resource is available in the…… Continue reading New and Updated Resources Available: HQRP Acronym List and Third Edition HQRP Public Reporting Tip Sheet

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Wednesday, September 28th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar to share updates for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.  During this webinar, Jermama Keys, HQRP Coordinator at CMS and subject matter experts from Abt Associates will provide information on the…… Continue reading Upcoming CMS Hospice Quality Reporting Program Forum

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Two updated documents Getting Started with HQRP CASPER QM Reports and Getting Started with Review and Correct Reports are now available on the HQRP Requirements and Best Practices webpage These updates add new screenshots with detailed explanations of the most current reports available to providers and will…… Continue reading Getting Started with HQRP CASPER QM Reports

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Version 1.01 of the HQRP QM User’s Manual and an HQRP QM User’s Manual V1.00 to V1.01 Change Table are now available. These documents reflect updates to the language in the manual to add clarity based on hospice provider questions about the quality measures finalized…… Continue reading Updated Quality Measure (QM) Manual and Quality Measure Change Table Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) developed this implementation guide to help palliative care teams implement and collect data for two patient-reported outcome performance measures (PROPMs) for quality improvement (QI) and regulatory reporting efforts. The Palliative Care Measures Project was led by AAHPM,…… Continue reading Palliative Care Quality Measures Guide: Elevating Patient and Caregiver Voices