What is the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP)?

What is the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP)?

What is the purpose of hospice quality reporting? The Affordable Care Act authorized the establishment of a Quality Reporting Program for hospices. The Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) was established in 2014.  HQRP aims to ensure that the level of...

What is Hospice Item Set (HIS)?

What is Hospice Item Set (HIS)?

All Medicare certified hospice agencies must submit an HIS Admission and HIS Discharge record on all admissions and discharges from their agency. The report must include all patients, irrespective of payer source, patient age, or location where hospice services were...