Quality

Find NHPCO Regulatory Alerts and Updates, Comment Letters, and publication links of importance.

A national quality focused program that supports hospice and palliative care provider provision of high-quality patient centered care

Project ECHO is an integral part of its Quality Connections Program and is focused on helping providers recognize opportunities for clinical or operational quality improvement.

The 2018 Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs are organized around NHPCO’s Ten Components of Quality for hospice care and provide a framework that delineates the structures and process

Quality Reporting includes information and resources to assist hospices in meeting the new CMS quality reporting requirements. The web page provides links to key CMS web sites and documents,

HIS is a patient level data collection tool developed by CMS.

CMS claims-based measures are developed using data from provider Medicare billing claims

The HOPE Tool web page includes information about the hospice CAHPS Survey tool.

Hospice Quality Public Reporting includes information and resources to assist hospices with Hospice Compare.

The HOPE Tool web page includes information and resources about the hospice standardized assessment tool.

The future hospice quality web page includes information about quality measures in the pipeline for hospice care.

NHPCO offers multiple tested performance measures that yield useful, meaningful, and actionable results.

Resources related to clinical care and patient safety

NHPCO facilitates virtual poster sessions with a focus on quality and performance improvement (PI) in tandem with our educational conferences.