CY2026 Qtr. 1 Data Submission Deadline Reminder
folder_openData Submissionscalendar_todayPosted July 2, 2026

The next data submission deadline is Thursday, July 16, 2026. We are now approximately 2 weeks away from the deadline for submitting HHCAHPS Survey data for Quarter 1 of calendar year 2026 (CY2026,Q1).

We thank those HHCAHPS vendors who have already begun submitting CY2026,Q1 data for their HHA clients. If you have not submitted any data for Quarter 1, we encourage you to begin submitting your files as soon as possible.

Important Points to Remember:

• To ensure that files can be accepted by the deadline of 11:59 PM Eastern Time on July 16, 2026, we strongly recommend that vendors begin submitting their Quarter 1 data files by no later than Monday, July 13, 2026.
  • Since CMS will not accept any files after the data submission deadline, make sure you check your data submission reports to verify that all your submitted files were accepted. And, correct and re-submit all files before the data submission deadline.
• Data files must pass both the initial and the secondary validation checks.
• Vendors must still submit an XML data file for an HHA even if their monthly patient information file does not have any patients eligible to be sampled.
  • For each sample month an HHA has no eligible patients, please remember to request an email from them documenting that they had no eligible patients or have them submit a blank monthly patient information file, so that you can submit a 0-eligible file for that month.
• Please remember to submit a DNR for any HHAs that do not send you a file.
• Check your Vendor Authorization Report to make sure that each HHA client has authorized your organization to submit data on their behalf.

If you have any questions or need help with data submissions, please contact the HHCAHPS Survey Coordination Team via email at hhcahps@rti.org or call toll-free at (866) 354-0985.