Home Health & Hospice Week

Quality:

7 Quality Measures To Comprise New Composite

A few more tweaks planned for HIS tool. Hospices have been submitting data for these seven Hospice Item Set-derived measures since 2014: NQF #1617 Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen; NQF #1634 Pain Screening; NQF #1637 Pain Assessment; NQF #1638 Dyspnea Treatment; NQF #1639 Dyspnea Screening; NQF #1641 Treatment Preferences; NQF #1647 (modified) Beliefs/Values Addressed [...]
You’ve reached your limit of free articles. Already a subscriber? Log in.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe today to continue reading this article. Plus, you’ll get:
  • Simple explanations of current healthcare regulations and payer programs
  • Real-world reporting scenarios solved by our expert coders
  • Industry news, such as MAC and RAC activities, the OIG Work Plan, and CERT reports
  • Instant access to every article ever published in your eNewsletter
  • 6 annual AAPC-approved CEUs*
  • The latest updates for CPT®, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, NCCI edits, modifiers, compliance, technology, practice management, and more
*CEUs available with select eNewsletters.

Other Articles in this issue of

Home Health & Hospice Week

View All