Updates & News https://www.ahpco.org/news/default.asp Wed, 8 Jul 2026 03:14:48 GMT Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:00:00 GMT Copyright © 2015 Arizona Hospice & Palliative Care Organization CMS Publishes Q&A for HIS https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=247781 https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=247781 CMS has published the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Hospice Item Set (HIS) Questions and Answers (Q+A) and Quarterly Updates

This document is intended to provide guidance on HIS-related questions that were received by the
Hospice Quality Help Desk during the 2nd quarter (April – June) of 2015 (Section 1). This
document also contains quarterly updates and events from the 2nd quarter (Section 2), as well as
upcoming updates for the next quarter (Section 3).   Read More

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 05:00:00 GMT CMS Hospice Item Set Manual https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=181711 https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=181711 The Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and has reprinted this article with permission. 

The CMS Hospice Item Set Manual is now available on the NHPCO website. The HIS manual provides contextual information, timing and sequence policies, item-specific guidance, and information on data submissions processes for the HIS. Click Here to see the manual. ]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:31:16 GMT CMS Hospice Item Set Fact Sheet https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=181708 https://www.ahpco.org/news/news.asp?id=181708 The Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and has reprinted this article with permission. 

NHPCO has published a Hospice Item Set Fact sheet on their website which provides a brief overview of the HIS, including background information, possible steps for implementing HIS in your hospice, HIS competition and submission time frames, and additional HIS resources. Click Here to access the Fact Sheet.]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:25:17 GMT