Hospice Quality Reporting Program Structural Measure Deadline has Passed: NQF #0209 Deadline is April 1
Published On: Feb 20, 2013 The structural measure deadline for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) was January 31, 2013. Since the deadline has passed, providers cannot return to the data entry site to submit or correct any errors in structural measure (QAPI) data.
Although the structural measure deadline has passed, providers can still access the NQF #0209 portion of the data entry site to submit and attest to NQF #0209 data.
To be fully compliant with this year’s reporting requirements, in addition to structural measure data, providers will also need to submit and attest to NQF #0209 data by April 1, 2013, in order to avoid a reduction in Annual Payment Update (APU).
In case of technical difficulty or general data entry questions, it is highly recommended that providers begin entering their NQF #0209 data now. Providers should not wait until the deadline to enter their data.
Providers that fail to meet either of the required HQRP reporting deadlines (January 31 for the structural measure; April 1 for the NQF #0209 Pain Measure) will receive a 2-percentage-point reduction in their 2014 APU.