Eli's Hospice Insider

How well you prepare to fill out the new Hospice Information Set tool may influence your scores on these seven new hospice quality measures that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will derive from HIS data.

The HIS items are:

• 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 (if desired by patient).