CMS will host a two-part webinar 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST Dec. 13 called “Updates to Public Reporting in Fiscal Year 2019: Hospice Comprehensive Assessment Measure and Data Correction Deadlines.”
 
 
The first portion of training will focus on the Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure — Comprehensive Assessment at Admission (NQF #3235), also known as “the Hospice Comprehensive Assessment Measure.”  
 
CMS will explain the background of the measure, detail how the measure is calculated and explain how hospices can use CASPER QM reports to understand their performance on the measure.
 
The second portion of training will discuss the 4.5-month data correction deadline for public reporting policy update that was finalized in the 2019 hospice final payment rule.
 
“Under this new policy, beginning January 1, 2019, providers will have approximately 4.5 months following the end of each calendar year (CY) quarter to review and correct their HIS records with target dates in that quarter for public reporting,” CMS explains on its hospice quality reporting webpage. “After this 4.5-month data correction deadline has passed, HIS data from that CY quarter will be permanently frozen for the purposes of public reporting.”