New Announcement About the ADL Deficit Count Variable
folder_openChanges to Protocols and Guidelines, Data Submissionscalendar_todayPosted July 15, 2011

As per the announcement posted on the HHCAHPS Web site on July 7, 2011 directing HHCAHPS Survey vendors to include both the total count of activities of daily living (ADLs) deficits and the value for the individual ADLs on the XML data file if both of these data are provided by the HHA, the Coordination Team wishes to remind vendors that the acceptable value for the ADL deficits count is 0-5 and M only. If an HHA submits a value for the ADL deficit count variable that exceeds 5, vendors should recode the variable to 5, as this is the maximum that the HHCAHPS Data Center will accept.