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Hospice News April 11, 2023
Hospices are leveraging predictive analytics to get a tighter grip on quality amid regulatory pressures.
Hospices have increasingly used technology to gather data that enhances their ability to assess the quality and quantity of bedside care delivered during a patients’ final days.
This includes two key quality measures: Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) and the Hospice Care Index (HCI).
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed the HCI tool to paint a picture of care processes that occur between a patient’s admission and discharge. Whereas the HVLDL metric specifically assesses the last three days of life, as well as any respite, continuous home and inpatient care services.
Using data gathered from predictive analytics...
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