Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Hospices Can Now Access New HIS Data Reports
Published on Fri May 01, 2015
You’ve now got more Hospice Item Set data at your fingertips. Three new hospice provider reports are now available in the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) re-porting application, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. The reports are HIS Record Error Detail by Provider; HIS Record Error by Field by Provider; and HIS Records With Error Number.
More details about the reports and instructions for accessing them are online at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Spotlight.html.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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