Public Reporting: Key Dates for Providers

Public Reporting: Key Dates for Providers

CMS encourages providers to be familiar with the important dates outlined in the tables below. Providers need to submit all Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) modification or inactivation records prior to the 4.5 month data correction deadline for public reporting for the modifications to be reflected in the corresponding Provider Preview Report and public display, located on the Compare tool on Medicare.gov.

This means that providers have 4.5 months following the end of each calendar year (CY) quarter to review and correct their HOPE records with target dates (which is the admission date for HOPE-Admission records, the Date Assessment was Completed for HOPE Update Visits (HUVs), and the discharge date for HOPE-Discharge records) in that quarter for public reporting. After this 4.5 month data correction deadline has passed, HOPE data from that calendar quarter will be permanently frozen for the purposes of public reporting. Updates made after the correction deadline will not appear in any subsequent Compare tool refresh. This policy is at the HOPE record-level, meaning a patient’s HOPE-Admission, HOPE-HUVs, and HOPE-Discharge records may have different data correction deadlines. 

To understand the data sources for the upcoming refreshes, please refer to Figure 1 below. 

Table 1. The Compare Tool Refresh Schedule and Preview Periods

Figure 1. Data Sources for Public Reporting

Table 2. Upcoming Data Correction Deadlines for Public Reporting

CMS encourages providers to review quality measure data early and often using their iQIES QM Reports and not wait until the 4.5-month data correction deadline for public reporting to submit any necessary HOPE corrections. For more information on how providers can use their iQIES QM Reports to review data please refer to the iQIES Reports Training materials are available here: iQIES Reference & Manuals | QIES Technical Support Office and access additional trainings on the HQRP Training and Education Library webpage. 

Upcoming CAHPS Hospice Survey Data Submission Deadlines

During CY 2025 and 2026, the CAHPS Hospice Survey will continue data collection as normal. This means that deadlines for data submission to the CAHPS Hospice Survey data warehouse will occur on the second Wednesday of the month in February, May, August, and November.

Table 3. CAHPS Hospice Survey Upcoming Data Submission Deadlines in CY 2025 and 2026