Eli's Hospice Insider
Quality:
9 Hospice Quality Measures
Published on Wed Aug 17, 2016 
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Get ready to increase your quality measure burden.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized its proposal to increase the set of quality measures for hospices to nine starting in 2017.
NQF #1617 Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure (composite of measures 1-7).
Source: CMS final rule 2017 hospice update
NQF #1634 Pain Screening
NQF #1637 Pain Assessment
NQF #1638 Dyspnea Treatment
NQF #1639 Dyspnea Screening
NQF #1641 Treatment Preferences
NQF #1647 Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) (modified) Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent
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