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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken a step toward hospice quality data public reporting already. But for now, only a hospice’s name, address, ownership type, CMS Certification Number (CCN), profit status, and date of original CMS certification are available in a new directory at https://data.medicare.gov, a CMS source said in its July 13 Open Door Forum for home care and hospice providers.
“All of the information in the Hospice Data Directory comes from the CMS Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN),” CMS notes in a release about the directory. “If your agency’s data is not listed in the database, is incorrect, or has changed, contact your Regional Office (RO) Coordinator,” the agency instructs.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken a step toward hospice quality data [...]