Hospices Preparing for HOPE Quality Tool Coming from CMS

HOSPICE NEWS: This article previews the forthcoming Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, which is currently being tested and was co-developed by Abt for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  As reported, “The tool’s dual objectives are to provide data for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program through standardized data collection and [to] provide clinical data that may inform potential future changes to Medicare hospice payments.”