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

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On July 26, 2022, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed the claims-based measure, Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life, or HVLDL as NQF #3645. NQF is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that facilitates an evidence- and consensus-based approach to endorsing quality measures. HVLDL…… Continue reading Recent Hospice Updates 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Hospice Quarterly Update for the second quarter of 2022 is now available. This update includes Hospice Quality Reporting Program highlights from April 2022 to June 2022, events and engagement opportunities for the third quarter of 2022 (July – September 2022), and selected questions and answers…… Continue reading HQRP Quarterly Update for 2nd Quarter of 2022 is Available 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today (July 27, 2022), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1773-F). For the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, the final rule provides an update on the development of a patient assessment instrument, titled Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE). This…… Continue reading Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Hospice Payment Rate Update Final Rule (CMS-1773-F) 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS and their contractor, Abt Associates, are recruiting additional Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in a beta test of the draft hospice patient assessment instrument called Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE). Recruitment is ongoing. Training will occur mid-July 2022, with data collection slated to…… Continue reading HOPE BETA Test Recruitment