Hospice Preview Reports for the February 2026 Refresh – NOW AVAILABLE IN QIES
Because of the lapse in federal appropriations, scheduled data refreshes and other routine updates were temporarily paused. With the resumption of government operations on November 13, these updates are now being released.
Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on the compare tool on Medicare.gov and the Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the February 2026 refresh.
Hospice Care Index (HCI) Measure Update CMS identified and corrected an issue affecting how the Late Live Discharge and Early Live Discharge indicators were calculated within the Hospice Care Index (HCI) measure. The correction was applied to the programming logic used in calculating these indicators to ensure that each hospice’s score reflects only the care it provided to its own patients. This correction affects a small percentage of hospice providers.
Archived data will be updated with the corrected methodology in a future release.
In the Provider Preview Reports, assessment-based measure scores are based on HIS data submitted by hospices from Quarter 2, 2024 through Quarter 1, 2025. CAHPS measure scores are based on CAHPS data submitted from Quarter 2, 2023 through Quarter 1, 2025. CAHPS Star Ratings are calculated based on data from Quarter 2, 2023 through Quarter 1, 2025. The claims-based measures reflect claims data collected from Quarter 1, 2023 through Quarter 4, 2024.
Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results. The preview period for the latest Provider Preview Report lasts from November 18, 2025 to December 18, 2025. Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports will continue to be available for another 30 days, or a total of 60 days. CMS encourages providers to download and save their Hospice Provider Preview Reports for future reference, as they will no longer be available in CASPER after this 60-day period.
Learn more about the Provider Preview Report (Assessment and Claims-based measures) here and about the CAHPS Preview Report here. Hospice QRP Key Dates for Providers can be found here.
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