Hospices: Quality Reporting Burdens May Ruin Small Hospices

Why This Topic Matters

Hospices need to understand pending CMS reporting changes because they may affect quality programs, documentation workflows, training, and software readiness. The article highlights the types of measure expansion stakeholders want CMS to consider and the implementation concerns raised by providers.

Article Sections

1. Background and current hospice quality reporting requirements

   Introduces the CMS hospice quality reporting proposal and summarizes the measures already in use at the time. It also explains the broader move toward additional data collection and a standardized dataset.

2. Comments on measure expansion and missing domains

   Summarizes stakeholder feedback on the proposed direction for hospice quality measures. The section focuses on concerns about the scope of the measures and the types of domains commenters wanted CMS to include.

3. Timeline and implementation concerns

   Reviews comments on the planned schedule for dataset rollout and future data collection. It highlights concerns about readiness, training, software integration, and overall provider burden.