5 top types of quality data hospices should be watching

5 top types of quality data hospices should be watching 
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 7/31/25 
... To attract payers and other potential business partners, hospices should focus on tracking live discharges, levels of care and care settings, visit frequency and timeliness, patient and caregiver experience and length of stay. This is according to a new report, Measures That Matter, which was prepared by a team of hospice leaders and experts. These experts, who convened multiple times between July 2023 and December 2024, sought to identify the indicators of quality that matter most to payers and referral organizations, particularly in the context of value-based care. “The best way hospices can leverage these data is to be excellent. This is where things are moving,” Dr. Ira Byock, hospice and palliative care physician and founder of the Institute for Human Caring at Providence St. Joseph Health, told Hospice News.