Hospice Provider Preview Reports Available

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)® Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) non-validation reports folder. Hospice providers are encouraged to review their Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from Quarter 2, 2017 to Quarter 1, 2018 and their facility-level CAHPS® survey results from Quarter 2, 2016 to Quarter 1, 2018.

Providers have 30 days to review their HIS and CAHPS® results (Dec. 10, 2018 through Jan. 9, 2019). Providers must adhere to the process outlined on the Public Reporting: HIS Preview Reports and Requests for CMS Review of HIS Data webpage and the Public Reporting: CAHPS® Preview Reports and Requests for CMS Review of CAHPS® Data webpage.

For more information on how to access the reports, view the HIS Preview Report Access Instructions and the Hospice CAHPS® Provider Preview Report Access Instructions.

Contact: Meg Carr Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871