Notice of Upcoming Deadline for Filing an Exemption from Participating in the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey for the 2012 Annual Payment Update
folder_openInformation for Home Health Agenciescalendar_todayPosted November 24, 2010

As recently announced in the 2011 Home Health Prospective System Payment Update Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2010 (42 CFR 409, 418, 424 et al [17 November, 2010]), page 70409, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for applying for an exemption from participating in the Home Health Care CAHPS (HHCAHPS) Survey for the calendar year (CY) 2012 annual payment update (APU) from June 16, 2010 to 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 21, 2011.

As announced in the 2010 Home Health Prospective System Payment Update Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2009, Medicare-certified home health agencies that served 59 or fewer unduplicated patients between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010 who met survey eligibility criteria may request an exemption from participating in the HHCAHPS Survey for the CY 2012 APU. All such agencies are required to count the number of patients served during that 12-month period who met survey eligibility requirements and report the count to CMS via an online form on the HHCAHPS Web site at the following link: https://homehealthcahps.org/ForHHAs/ParticipationExemptionRequestForm.aspx

For more information about the HHCAHPS Survey, contact the HHCAHPS Survey Coordination Team via email at hhcahps@rti.org or call toll-free at (866) 354-0985.