CMS Releases April Dates for Hospice Quality Reporting Webinars

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just scheduled the dates for two training webinars to help hospices prepare for mandatory Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements, including data collection during the final quarter of calendar year 2012 (Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2012) and data submission in 2013.

The webinars will contain identical content and will be conducted on:

• April 11, 2012 from 1-2:30 pm EST, and
• April 19, 2012 from 3-4:30 pm EST

The webinars will be recorded and will be made available along with associated slides after the trainings.

The webinars will cover the:

• Structural/QAPI measure, and
• NQF #0209 Pain Measure

These measures are required for data collection in 2012, data submission in 2013, and will impact hospice’s annual payment update for FY 2014.

Directions on how to register for the webinar will be posted on the Hospice Quality Reporting -- Spotlight and Announcements page by the end of March.

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