Home Health & Hospice Week

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Hospice Index Quality Measure Undergoes NQF Test This Month

You can now get a more comprehensive look at the newest proposed quality measure for hospices. In its “Measures Under Consideration” (MUC) list, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlines the measure it unveiled last year, the Hospice Care Index (see HCW by AAPC, Vol. XXIX, No. 45). “The Hospice Care Index monitors a broad set of leading, claims-based [...]
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