Hospice providers can access their preview reports now for the May 2026 refresh of Care Compare. CMS notes that providers will notice a change in their results effective in May.
 
With recent changes to the CAHPS Hospice survey, the measure Training Family to Care for Patient will be removed from public reporting. It will return to Care Compare results in February 2028.
 
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via CASPER. Assessment-based measure scores are based on HIS data submitted by hospices from July 2024 through June 2025CAHPS Hospice measure scores are based on data submitted from July 2023 through June 2025. CAHPS Star Ratings are calculated based on data from April 2023 through March 2025The claims-based measures are unchanged this quarter and reflect claims data collected from January 2023 through December 2024.
 
Providers officially have through March 13, 2026, to review their quality measure results, but results will be available for an additional 30 days. CMS encourages providers to download and save their Hospice Provider Preview Reports for future reference, as they will no longer be available in CASPER after this period.