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Your Agency’s First HHVBP ANNUAL Performance Report is Ready! Are You UP or DOWN 5%?! On August 23rd, CMS released the first Annual Performance reports, (APR) which provided the first glimpse to agencies of their HHVBP payment impact for 2025. HHVBP's first full "performance year" was CY2023. In the APR reports provided last week in iQIES, CMS provided all agencies their first report where they can now see the CMS projection of the financial impact on all Medicare payments in 2025. CMS provided a webinar guiding agencies on how to read their new report and the recording can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/gauguUMs Please reach out if you need help deciphering where your agency is at, or what your next steps should be to maintain, or improve your score! Log Into iQIES Here: https://lnkd.in/gHJp4Amc Please see below if you are unsure on how to locate your HHVBP reports in iQIES. Locating the HHVBP Model Performance Feedback Reports in iQIES: 1. Log into iQIES at https://lnkd.in/gHJp4Amc 2. Select the My Reports option from the Reports menu 3. From the My Reports page, select the HHA Provider Preview Reports folder NOTE: The folders and reports on the My Reports page are listed in alphabetic order so users may need to utilize the page forward functionality at the bottom of the webpage to advance to the page where the HHA Provider Preview Reports folder is located. Alternatively, users may change the default number of rows that display on the webpage from 10 to a larger number to view the larger list of items. 4. Select the HHVBP file to view the desired report. To quickly locate the most recently published report, select the down arrow adjacent to the Created Date label at the top of the table. This will order the reports in the folder from newest to oldest. 5. Select the file name link and the contents of the file will display. Help Desk Information: Should you experience difficulty locating the HHVBP file, please contact the iQIES Help desk staff by email at iQIES@cms.hhs.gov or by phone at (800) 339-9313. For questions about the content of the expanded HHVBP Model reports, please contact the HHVBP Help Desk staff by email at HHVBPquestions@lewin.com. *Please include your name, agency name, and the CCN when contacting the help desks. #HHVBPAnnualReport #HHVBPAPR #HomeHealthUpdates #HHVBP

NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE: HOPE Data Collection Timepoints Explainer Video The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a 4-minute, animated explainer video, Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluations (HOPE) Data Collection Timepoints for hospice providers. This video describes HOPE, the timepoints, their data collection timeframes, and introduces the symptom follow up visit (SFV), if triggered during a HOPE timepoint. HOPE data collection will be required for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) beginning on October 1, 2025 (or FY 2026). The video can be accessed on the HQRP Training and Education Library web page or by clicking on the image below: If you have questions about accessing the resources or feedback regarding the trainings, please email the PAC Training Mailbox. Content-related questions should be submitted to the HQRP Help Desk. #HospiceOutcomes #HOPEDataCollection #CMSUpdates

BREAKING NEWS FOR HOSPICE: The Hospice CARE Act The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act discussion draft, developed by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), modernizes the Medicare hospice benefit through a combination of program integrity provisions and payment reforms to ensure Medicare’s hospice program better meets the needs of terminally ill beneficiaries and their families. Medicare’s hospice benefit has remained largely unchanged since its inception in 1982. Since that time, the industry has changed dramatically – both in terms of the types of providers delivering and the types of patients receiving end-of-life services. Documented, burgeoning fraud and abuse have raised critical questions about how to ensure the benefit is designed in a way that promotes patient access to needed services and safeguards the Medicare Trust Fund. Accordingly, this discussion draft proposes long overdue reforms to Medicare’s hospice benefit to both protect patients and taxpayers from the costs associated with unscrupulous providers and improve access to necessary services and supports for individuals and their caregivers. This discussion draft builds on stakeholder proposals through a series of program integrity and payment reforms that together seek to address many of the concerns expressed by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, Government Accountability Office, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and other government watchdogs over the last decade. As you can see at a glance, it is a "mixed bag" of concerns and joys! We encourage you to read the details of the bill and be a part of the conversation! NHPCO/NAHC is creating a response to the Congressman, (per his request)- and we are invited to provide feedback at: innovation@nhpco.org this week! #HospiceCAREAct #NewsinHospice #HospiceUpdates

Exciting News from Provider Insights! We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Premier Provider Portal! This platform was exclusively designed for our Premier Provider partners. (These are our dedicated retainer clients whom we work with on a monthly basis.) The Premier Provider Portal consolidates all of the premium content we create into a single, easy-to-navigate hub. What can you find in the Premier Provider Portal? - Comprehensive Webinar Library: Access nearly a year's worth of webinar recordings tailored for both Home Health and Hospice providers. - Essential Tools and Resources: Find everything you need to support your agency's success and compliance. - Continuous Content Growth: Our library is expanding every month with fresh, educational content to keep you ahead of the curve. Why This Matters: As a valued Premier Provider, this portal is our way of saying thank you for your dedication and hard work. It’s your one-stop resource for all the exclusive insights and materials we create with you in mind. Dive in and discover the benefits waiting for you! For our Premier Provider friends, your administrators should have already received signup information via email. For our other industry friends who are interested in becoming Premier Providers, please reach out to hello@providerinsights.com. We'd love to talk about the process!