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Deadline for Requesting a Participation Exemption
folder_openInformation for Home Health Agenciescalendar_todayPosted June 8, 2010

This is a reminder that the deadline for requesting an exemption from participating in the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey for the 2012 annual payment update is 11:59 PM EDT on June 16, 2010.

Medicare-certified home health agencies that intend to submit a request for an exemption from participating in HHCAHPS for the 2012 must complete and submit the online Participation Exemption Request Form which is available on the HHCAHPS project Web site located at https://homehealthcahps.org. To access the online Participation Exemption Request Form, please click the “Forms for Vendors” tab and then the “Participation Exemption Request Form” link. The form may also be accessed by clicking on this link:

https://homehealthcahps.org/ForHHAs/ParticipationExemptionRequestForm.aspx

Agencies seeking an exemption from participating in the HHCAHPS Survey for the 2012 annual payment update must count all patients served they served between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010, who meet survey eligibility criteria. The date of this count must therefore be no earlier than April 1, 2010. The online form contains information about patient survey eligibility criteria.