When Hospice Compare is refreshed this month, it will, for the first time, include the Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure — Comprehensive Assessment at Admission (NQF #3235), also known as “the Hospice Comprehensive Assessment Measure.”
 
The new measure captures, in one measure, “whether multiple key care processes were delivered upon patients’ admissions to hospice,” CMS states in a newly posted fact sheet about the measure.
 
It will include the following measures from the Hospice Item Set: Treatment Preferences (NQF #1641); Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by patient) (NQF #1647); Pain Screening (NQF #1634); Pain Assessment (NQF #1637); Dyspnea Screening (NQF #1639); Dyspnea Treatment (NQF #1638); and Patients Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen (NQF #1617).
 
The new measure was added to provider preview reports in September.