Current Survey Materials (for 2025)

HHCAHPS Survey materials available below reflect the updated HHCAHPS Survey and take effect with the April 2026 sample month, assuming OMB approval.

PDF versions of the materials below available upon request.

	English	Spanish	Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Russian	Vietnamese	Eastern Armenian
Protocols and Guidelines Manual
MS Word Version	1/21/2026
Questionnaire*
Standard Version*	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	1/21/2026	1/21/2026
Optical Scan Version (Available upon request)*
Supplemental Questions	1/19/2021	1/19/2021	1/19/2021	1/19/2021	1/19/2021	1/19/2021	1/19/2021
Consent to Share Responses
Mail questionnaire - All languages	1/22/2026
Standard telephone interview - All languages	1/22/2026
Proxy telephone interview - All languages	1/22/2026
Survey Composites and Global Ratings	5/20/2016
Sample Letters
Sample Cover Letter 1st mailing	10/4/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	10/10/2023	1/18/2022
Sample Cover Letter 2nd mailing	10/4/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	1/18/2022	10/10/2023	1/18/2022
Telephone Scripts*
Standard Script*	1/21/2026	1/21/2026			1/21/2026	1/21/2026
Proxy Respondent Script*	1/21/2026	1/21/2026			1/21/2026	1/21/2026
FAQs for Interviewers*	1/21/2026	1/21/2026
General Guidelines for Interviewers	1/21/2026
Interviewer Monitoring Form	1/21/2026
OMB Disclosure Notice
Sample File Layout*	1/21/2026
Vendor Application PDF	1/21/2026
Exceptions Request Form PDF	1/21/2026
Discrepancy Notification Report PDF	1/21/2026
FAQs for rolling out updated survey	1/21/2026
Crosswalk between original survey to updated survey	1/21/2026
Crosswalk of publicly reported measures	2/3/2026
Crosswalk of standard XML data file layout	1/21/2026

* Effective with the April 2026 sample month, assuming OMB approval.