by Noah Larsen | Dec 1, 2020 | Patient Experience
Update: CMS finalized the majority of their Overall Star Rating proposals in a recent final rule, except for their proposal regarding the stratification of readmission measures under the new methodology based on dually-eligible patients. Other proposals, such as peer...
by Isaiah Dominguez | Nov 12, 2019 | Patient Experience
On August 8, 2019, CMS published the proposed rule in the Federal Register for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems. At this time, CMS is not proposing any changes to the 2020 OAS CAHPS survey. If finalized in the...
by Noah Larsen | Aug 29, 2019 | Patient Experience
One of the goals of HCAHPS is to produce fair comparisons of hospitals; to that end, there are two adjustments that CMS applies to your data before scores are publicly reported on Hospital Compare: a patient mix adjustment (PMA) and a mode adjustment.