CMS provides new path for hospices to update demographic data

CMS and its contractors are reminding hospice providers that there is a new page at the CMS webiste to help hospices update their demographic data. Find the page here.

 

In a newsletter to providers, CMS noted:

 

• Hospice providers should regularly review their reports to verify that their demographic data is accurate. The Provider Preview Reports reflect the quality measure data and hospice demographic information that will be posted to Care Compare in the following quarter.

 

• If any piece of demographic information is incorrect, the hospice provider must complete form CMS-855A in PECOS with the updated demographic information. Request your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to send the completed form to the appropriate State Agency with a request to update the demographic data in iQIES.

 

• Please note, updates to demographic data do not happen in real time and can take up to 6 months to appear on Care Compare.