Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Heed These Hospice Item Set Pointers From CMS
Published on Fri Oct 09, 2015
If you haven’t set up a HIS core team, you’re not following CMS’s advice on the Hospice Item Set.
“Choose a core team to execute HIS data collection and HIS record conversion and submission, based on the expertise needed for the task,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services advises in a new “Lessons Learned and Best Practices” section of its updated HIS fact sheet. You should use that team to train and serve as a resource for the rest of your staff, CMS recommends in the three-page sheet at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Downloads/Fact-Sheet-Getting-Startedwith-the-HIS-–-Checklist-and-Quick-Tips.pdf.
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