Medicare Technical Notes For HHCAHPS Survey & Home Health Compare Patient-Experience-Of Care Star Ratings

In this document released in September 2014, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) described its methodology for assigning patient experience of care star ratings to home health provider organizations. On January 28, 2016, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the new patient experience of care star ratings for Home Health Compare to augment previously posted information about home health provider organization performance in nine areas. The system now rates home health provider organizations based on consumer responses about their experience of care on the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and . . .