COVID-19 isn’t derailing the development of Medicare’s Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation assessment tool. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and HOPE tool contractor Abt Associates “anticipate starting the alpha test in fall of 2020,” says Abt’s Jennifer Riggs in a recently posted Hospice Quality Reporting Program forum for June.
More details are at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/HOPE — download slides, a recording, and a transcript about the HOPE tool via the “HQRP Forum June 2020 Materials” link in the “Downloads” section at the bottom of the webpage.