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You Can Still Sign Up To Test HOPE Tool

‘Alpha’ testing will begin in the spring.

Hospices interested in testing out the new HOPE assessment tool haven’t missed their chance yet. Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation contractor Abt Associates has extended the application period to “alpha test” the tool to Feb. 21.

“We will notify each applicant on or about 3/5/2020 whether they have or have not been selected to participate in the HOPE alpha test,” Abt says in a message to providers. Testing is scheduled to occur in the spring.

Plus: The report from the Technical Expert Panel meeting in November on the Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation tool should be published in “the next few months,” a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said in the agency’s Jan. 8 Open Door Forum for home care and hospice providers.

You can consult two HOPE education tools posted in December, a one-page “fundamentals” sheet and a three-page Frequently Asked Question Sheet, at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/HOPE — scroll down to the “Downloads” section. 

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