Proposed hospice rule offers key quality improvement changes, experts offer

Proposed hospice rule offers key quality improvement changes, experts offer 
McKnights Home Care, by Adam Healy; 4/4/24
While the recently proposed 2025 hospice payment update included a payment adjustment that stakeholders have perceived as inadequate, it also introduced valuable new tools to address hospice quality and more, according to industry regulatory experts. One of the proposed rule’s most enticing features is the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, which next year will replace the current Hospice Item Set (HIS) measurement system used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to track hospice quality.