Plus: Get to know the HIS tool sections that will generate the quality standards.
It’s time to become familiar with the sev-en National Quality Forum-approved measures that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser-vices will calculate based on the Hospice Item Set data you collect:
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NQF #1617 Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
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NQF #1634 Pain Screening
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NQF #1637 Pain Assessment
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NQF #1638 Dyspnea Treatment
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NQF #1639 Dyspnea Screening
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NQF #1641 Treatment Preferences
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NQF #1647 Beliefs/Values Addressed.
CMS will calculate the data based on HIS items in the tool’s six categories:
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Section A: Administrative Information
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Section F: Preferences
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Section I: Active Diagnoses
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Section J: Health Conditions (Pain and Dyspnea)
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Section N: Medications
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Section Z: Record Administration.