Hospice News May 16, 2024
Hospices will have a learning curve when it comes to implementing the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation Tool (HOPE) tool.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently developing quality measures that will be included in the HOPE tool, which will replace the current Hospice Item Set (HIS). After years of development, the agency in its recent hospice proposed rule indicated that the HOPE tool’s implementation would begin in 2025.
Staff training will be an important compliance component as a new set of hospice quality measures inches closer, according to Jennifer Kennedy, vice president for quality, standards and compliance, at Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP). Hospices can lay the groundwork now for what lies ahead in compliance,...
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