On Friday, October 30th, 2009, CMS issued the Final Rule Changes for HHCAHPS as part of the final rule for HH PPS Rate Update CY 2010.
In this Final Rule, CMS has stated their intention to move forward with the implementation of the HHCAHPS but has delayed this quality reporting requirement by six months. The Final Rule links the survey requirements to the CY 2012 payment update rather than to the CY 2011 payment update.
HHCAHPS will be a requirement for agencies to receive their full 2012 annual payment update.
The HHCAHPS survey is still being implemented on a voluntary basis for those agencies interested beginning in October 2009.
What Does this Mean for Home Health Agencies?
- HHAs will be required to do a dry run for at least one month in third quarter CY 2010, and to begin data collection on an ongoing basis starting October 1, 2010.
- Only Medicare and/or Medicaid patients will be eligible to receive the HHCAHPS survey.
- V codes may be submitted if ICD-9 codes are unavailable.
- This update was provided by Deyta.
To view the final rule, go to: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html select 2009 volume, final rules & regulations, select date range after 10/30/09 and keyword CMS.
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November 4, 2009 at 3:24 pm |
We need to know clearly how this affect the Agencies, also if we can do something about it.
November 4, 2009 at 4:37 pm |
Here is another HCAF posting on this issue that might help: http://hcaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/hh-cahps-clarifications/. We are still in the process of reviewing various proposals from all of the currently approved vendors.