Instrument

The updated Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems® (CAHPS) Home Health Care Survey, also referred as “HHCAHPS,” is a 25-item instrument. This is a standardized survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring home health patients’ perspectives on their home health care in Medicare-certified home health care agencies. The survey is administered monthly to patients who recently received or are receiving home health care from Medicare-certified home health agencies. It is offered as mail-only, phone-only or mixed mode (mail with telephone follow-up).

The ICH CAHPS Survey is designed to measure the experiences of people receiving in-center hemodialysis care from Medicare-certified dialysis centers. The survey is designed to meet the following three broad goals:

This instrument assesses an individual’s experiences in paid employment as well as their experiences searching for paid employment. The target population for this instrument is adults with disabilities who receive HCBS or HCBS-like services. This is a self-contained instrument that can be administered independently of other RTCOM instruments.