by Noah Larsen | Jul 9, 2021 | Patient Experience
In a recent proposed rule, CMS asked for input on potential patient experience measures for the ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model. This mandatory payment model seeks to encourage the use of home dialysis or kidney transplants to reduce costs...
by Noah Larsen | Jul 2, 2021 | Patient Experience
Earlier this year, CMS announced that HHVBP (Home Health Value Based Purchasing) would be expanded after learning that participants in the HHVBP model had an average of 4.6% improvement in quality scores and an average annual savings of $141 million to Medicare. In a...
by Noah Larsen | May 28, 2021 | Patient Experience
PRC is happy to announce that we are a fully-approved vendor for Primary Care First (PCF) Patient Experience of Care (PEC). This survey is done using a mixed methodology using mail with telephone follow-up and is scheduled to occur in fall and winter 2021. If your...
by Noah Larsen | May 13, 2021 | Patient Experience
CMS provided the FY 2022 IPPS Proposed Rule, which provides guidance on the use of CY2020 HCAHPS data for Value Based Purchasing (VBP). Previously, we learned that CMS was not going to use the Q1 2020 or Q2 2020 data in VBP, the submission of which was optional. If...
by Noah Larsen | May 13, 2021 | Patient Experience
In CMS’s recent publish of the proposed rule in the Federal Register, they anticipate not using any calendar year 2020 HCAHPS data in VBP—either for the performance period for FFY2022 or as the baseline for FFY2024. (Previously, they had exempted the optionally...