CMS recently finalized proposals for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems, including updates for the VBP program.

CMS recently finalized proposals for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems, including updates for the VBP program.
CMS confirmed several changes for HCAHPS guidelines as a result of observations from the 2021 HCAHPS mode experiment.
Updated July 2023 – October 21 Through September 22 Discharges
In response to HCAHPS scores and response rates declining during the pandemic, we revisited some of our prior research.
In a recent proposed rule, CMS announced several changes for HCAHPS guidelines as a result of observations from the 2021 HCAHPS mode experiment.
CMS has announced that new mode adjustments will be applied to HCAHPS data, starting with patients discharged in January 2023.