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HHCAHPS Data Debuts On Home Health Compare
Published on Fri Apr 20, 2012
Medicaid ABNs, observation & assessment billing, and therapy reassessment timing also addressed by CMS in forum. Get ready for your referral sources and potential patients to check out your patient satisfaction data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) data available on Medicare's Home Health Compare website starting April 19, CMS's Lori Teichman said in the agency's April 11 Open Door Forum for home care providers. "This is the first time that Home Health CAHPS data will be reported," Teichman told forum participants. Sharing the CAHPS data gives peoplethe opportunity to see "home health agency patients' perspectives of care," she said. HHAs that have reported data for an entire year will be included in the public reporting, Teichman explained. The reporting time period for the HHCAHPS data displayed is October 2010 through September 2011. Other issues addressed in [...]