Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forums Update
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NQF #0209 Deadline for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is Monday, April 1, 2013 Deadline quickly approaching to avoid 2 percentage point reduction to APU for FY 2014 Hospice providers must enter and attest to their NQF #0209 data on the data entry website no later than 11:59pm ET on April 1, 2013 in order to comply with Payment Year 2014 NQF #0209 requirements. Providers that have not already begun entering their NQF #0209 data for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Payment Year 2014 cycle should begin doing so immediately. In order to avoid a 2 percentage point reduction in Annual Payment Update (APU) for FY 2014, providers must have submitted data for both the structural measure and the NQF #0209 measure by the specified deadlines: January 31, 2013 for the structural measure and April 1, 2013 for the NQF #0209 measure. Providers that may have missed the structural measure deadline can still visit the data entry website, create an account, and enter their NQF #0209 data. The link to the data entry site, along with a Technical User Guide giving step-by-step instructions on the data entry process, can be found on the Data Submission portion of the CMS HQRP website. It is highly recommend that hospice providers confirm attestation and submission of their NQF #0209 data, as compliance with NQF #0209 reporting requirements for FY 2014 is based on the attestation and submission step. Providers are encouraged to print for their records the "NQF #0209 Pain Measure Submitted" page that displays immediately following submission of data. This page confirms the successful submission of data to CMS. Providers may also verify attestation and submission of their NQF #0209 data by logging into the data entry website and viewing the "Measure Data Entry Links and Submission Status" page. If you have submitted and attested to your NQF #0209 data, the NQF #0209 Pain Measure Submission Status will show: "Data Attested and Submitted," along with the date and time-stamp of attestation. Providers may wish to print or save a copy of the "Measure Data Entry Links and Submission Status Page" for their records. | |
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