Quality Partners Self-Assessments - The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Welcome to the Quality Partners Self-Assessment system. The Self-Assessments are an integral component of Quality Partners, which provides you with a framework for quality in hospice and palliative care. The Quality Partners Self-Assessments are based on NHPCO’s Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs. The Self-Assessments will help organizations prepare for the Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) component of the Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation. Since the Self-Assessments are based on the Standards of Practice, any hospice provider member can use them, regardless of size, location, or organizational structure.

Introduction to the Self-Assessments Brochure (PDF)

Must Read Information Before you Enter the Self-Assessment System:

You will need your organization’s Provider ID and password – which NHPCO assigned to your organization. This Provider ID and password are not the same as your individual member ID/password. The Provider ID and password are linked to your hospice and are used only to enter the DART system.
Member Services can assist with Provider ID and password questions, contact them at 800/646-6460.
Please disable any pop-up-blockers on your computer’s Internet browser or any toolbars such as your Yahoo toolbar, these can be disabled by right clicking on the toolbar and you will be given the option to disable your pop-up blocker.
The Self-Assessment system refreshes every hour, please be advised that your results will not be immediately available. Please log-on one hour after you complete a component to access your report.
If there is no activity for one hour while you are filling out the assessment, as a security feature, the system will log you out and your work will not be saved, please periodically save your work to retain your answers.
The Self-Assessment system is designed to work with Internet Explorer, it will expressly not function if you are using Mozilla Firefox or any other system. If you are unsure of what web browser your system uses, click on the “Start” button at the bottom left of your screen and on your start up menu, the name of your Internet browser should be visible to you. When in doubt, contact your IT Department for clarification.
Remember to always log off the system when you are finished working.

This link will take you to the DART system to begin the Self-Assessment for your hospice.