Hospice quality data reporting starts in July of 2014.
A new federal “system of records” database will collect quality data from hospice organizations. Collection of data is required under the ACA.
For more information on the Hospice Item Set System, see the article on Health Data Management. Details appeared in The Federal Register on 4/8. (Health Data Management, 4/7, www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Hospice-Quality-Data-Reporting-Starts-in-July-2014-47749-1.html; The Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/04/08/2014-07552/privacy-act-of-1974-report-of-new-system-of-records)