The Joint Commission accreditation body will require, as of July 1, 2015, that home health agencies and hospices provide documentation on deemed status surveys of Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP)/Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) reports for the past quarter for an initial survey — or the past year for re-survey.
 
The Joint Commission mentioned the new requirements in its July 2015 survey activity guide.