Regulations:
New HHCAHPS Data Wave Coming In July
Published on Thu Jun 07, 2012
Plus: Medicare's hospice cap catch-up should end by next spring.If your CAHPS data didn't show up on Home Health Compare in April, it may be there when CMS refreshes the data in July.Referral sources and patients can now look up your Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) data online if you are submitting it, but only if you have 12 months' worth, reminded Lori Teichman with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the May 23 Open Door Forum for home care providers. Reminder: Home health agencies must participate in HHCAHPS "for patients served in April 2012 and after to be eligible for the full market basket payment increase for CY2014," CMS explained in a message to providers earlier this year. "There-fore, it is in your agency's best interest to participate in HHCAHPS so that your agency can receive the full annual payment update."Be sure to [...]