Data Submission

August 15, 2012

User Guides

User Guides for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (data collection October 1 – December 31, 2012 and data submission January 1 - April 1, 2013) are now available on the CMS Hospice Quality Reporting website.

There will be two User Guides available for provider use. We encourage providers to prepare for data collection and submission by downloading and reading the available Guides now:

1. User Guide for Hospice Quality Reporting Data Collection -- is available in the Downloads section of the “Spotlight” portion of this webpage. This User Guide will instruct hospice providers on data collection processes for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP). Data Collection activities for the first year of the HQRP will take place October 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012.

2. Technical User Guide for Hospice Quality Reporting Data Entry and Submission -- is available in the Downloads section of this webpage. This User Guide will instruct hospice providers on data submission processes and provide details about the data entry website for the HQRP. Data Submission activities for the first year of the HQRP will take place January 1 – April 1, 2013.

• Please note: the data entry site is not yet available for provider use; the site is scheduled to go live January 1, 2013.

December 21, 2011

Hospice Quality Reporting Data Submission Update

CY2013 will be the first year in which Hospices will be required to submit quality data. The data entry form previously described here will be updated to accommodate the addition of the pain measure (NQF #0209). This first year of mandatory reporting will require submission of the QAPI measure data in January and the pain measure data in April. The User Guide will also be updated to include instruction for the pain measure.

Further updates related to the data submission details for the first mandatory reporting period will be added to this site as they are finalized.