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