Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Review Hospice Provider Reports Before March 30
Quality data from the third quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2017 is now up and ready to piece through in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) folder. Details: The Hospice provider preview report and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Survey provider preview report are online for a 30-day preview period and can be accessed through individual portals through March 30, reported an MLN Connects release. "If you believe that the denominator or other HIS quality metric is inaccurate or if there are errors in the results from the CAHPS survey data," now is the time to let CMS know, recommends agency guidance. Resources: To access the HIS quality measures, visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Public-Reporting-HIS-Preview-Reports-and-Requests-for-CMS-Review-of-HIS-Data.html. To review you Hospice CAHPS® data, visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Public-Reporting-CAHPS-Preview-Reports-and-Requests-for-CMS-Review-of-CAHPS-Data.html.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
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Review Hospice Provider Reports Before March 30
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