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Collect Data Now To Make Your Next Reporting Deadlines, CMS Urges
Published on Mon Apr 15, 2013
The deadlines for reporting hospice quality data this year have passed, but it’s never too early to think about next year.
Hospices now should focus on collecting their data for this year so they can report it by April 1 of 2014, CMS urges in a new MLN Matters article about the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. Unlike this year, when the deadlines were Jan. 31 and April 1, hospices will report data for both measures on April 1 next year.
More information about the program is in the new article at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1306.pdf.
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