QASP Audit and Reimbursement
What is measured?
The various Audit & Reimbursement QASP standards measure: payment suspension procedures; quality of cost report reopenings; System Tracking for Audit and Reimbursement (STAR) database management; desk review and audit quality; cost report acceptability timeliness; tentative settlement timeliness, Notice of Program Reimbursement Timeliness; cost report reopening timeliness; outlier reconciliation; and hospice corrective action plans.
Performance Data
Fiscal Year |
Average QASP Score |
Low |
Median |
High |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
47% |
14% |
46% |
83% |
2018 |
67% |
36% |
74% |
81% |
2019 |
77% | 56% | 79% | 82% |
Trends and Observations
An overall positive trend can be observed from Fiscal Year 2017 – 2019. Specifically, there has been an overall increase of 30 percentage points (64% increase) since 2017 as well as an increase in the lowest score during the period.