Understanding Non-Hospice Spending: Following the Data Behind Your Agency's SSVI Scores

Non-hospice spending is becoming an increasingly important part of how hospice performance is understood, evaluated and compared. As CMS continues to expand its use of claims-based data, hospice organizations need to understand not only the care they provide directly, but also the Medicare spending that occurs outside the hospice benefit during a patient’s hospice stay. 

This webinar will take a deeper look at non-hospice spending: what it is, how it is identified and why it matters. Lindsay Doak and Catherine Spangler will break down how non-hospice spending influences the proposed Service and Spending Variation Index (SSVI), how providers can begin interpreting this data and what it may signal about utilization, care coordination and hospice quality. 

The session will also explore practical considerations for determining what may or may not be related to hospice care, why these distinctions are not always straightforward and how agencies can use data to better understand patterns that may impact quality measurement, compliance risk and overall performance.

What You'll Learn

• What non-hospice spending is and why it matters for hospice providers 
• How Medicare claims data is used to identify non-hospice spending 
• How to decide what spending may or may not be related to hospice care 
• Why non-hospice spending is important to SSVI, quality measurement and performance trends 
• How agencies can use data to better understand utilization patterns and potential risk areas 

Who Should Attend

• Hospice administrators and executive leaders 
• Clinical, operations and quality leaders 
• Compliance and reporting professionals  
• Finance, revenue cycle and strategy teams 
• Anyone responsible for hospice performance, quality data or SSVI analysis