Unless you want to receive 2 percent less in Medicare payments in 2014, you'd better make sure you're completing the Home Health Care Con-sumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Sys-tems (HHCAHPS) survey requirements. Home health agencies must participate in CAHPS "for patients served in April 2012 and after to be eligible for the full market basket payment increase for CY2014," CMS explains in a message to providers. "Therefore, it is in your agency's best interest to participate in HHCAHPS so that your agency can receive the full annual payment update." The CAHPS site is online at
https://homehealthcahps.org.
