CMS plans to hospice a webinar this week to explain how it takes raw Hospice Item Set (HIS) data and calculates quality measures.
 
During the webinar from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST Aug. 16, CMS will explain for hospices how to interpret quality measure specifications and
how to interpret the two quality measure reports available in CASPER: the hospice stay-level report and the patient stay-level report.
 
It's recommended that attendees understand the HIS.