From the NCHPP QAPI Section*
Hospice
Quality
Reporting –
A Look
Back at the
First Year
By Susan Zimmerman,
with Sherry Agado,
Ellen Martin, Laurie
West, and Lynn Wilson
New CY2014 Requirements
The FY2014 Hospice Wage Index Final Rule, which CMS released
on August 2, 2013, included new requirements for quality
reporting, beginning in CY2014.
The new requirements call for implementation of a “Hospice Item
Set (HIS)” which is comprised of seven NQF-endorsed measures.
Please see the NHPCO Regulatory Alert (8/6/13) for additional
information.
*The National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals (NCHPP) is comprised of 15 discipline-specific
sections that represent the staff and volunteers who work for NHPCO provider-members. To learn more about
this NCHPP Section, visit the NHPCO website.
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