The Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) final materials are now available at the CMS website.
 
Hospice providers will begin using the HOPE instrument in October 2025, replacing the existing Hospice Item Set measure in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.
 
Updated HOPE materials include:
  • HOPE Guidance Manual v1.00,
  • Items sets (HOPE Admission v1.00
  • HOPE Update Visit (HUV) v1.00
  • HOPE Discharge v1.00
  • HOPE ALL Item v1.00
  • HIS to HOPE v1.00 Change Table.
The guidance manual includes information on submitting HOPE records, timing and sequencing policies and correcting HOPE records.