by James Ratliff | Aug 21, 2023 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
CMS recently finalized proposals for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS), which can be viewed here, including updates for the Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program: FFY2026 (CY2024 HCAHPS discharges) Starting with FFY 2026, the VBP program will...
by James Ratliff | Aug 10, 2023 | CAHPS Updates, Patient Experience
In a recent final rule, CMS confirmed several changes for HCAHPS guidelines as a result of observations from the 2021 HCAHPS mode experiment. These changes are listed below and CMS plans for them to begin with discharges from January 1st, 2025, forward. Survey Modes...
by Noah Larsen | Jul 25, 2023 | Patient Experience
Critical Care departments represent some of the most intense and acute care environments where patients face potentially life-threatening illness and unique symptoms. These environments are also highly unpredictable and sometimes chaotic in that patients may arrive...
by James Ratliff | Jun 28, 2023 | Patient Experience
Reducing Readmissions with CARES™ Connect OnDemand Webinar Now Available Improving quality outcomes is critical for all healthcare organizations. Yet, many times teams feel stuck improving HCAHPS, care transitions, readmissions and patient loyalty. New research from...
by James Ratliff | Jun 9, 2023 | Patient Experience
One of the most powerful techniques to improve and sustain an emergency department experience that drives patient loyalty is implementing ways to keep patients informed throughout their stay. When patients hold our Emergency Departments accountable for the quality of...
by James Ratliff | Jun 6, 2023 | Patient Experience
The past few years have been a roller coaster for healthcare. We now have publicly reported HCAHPS data for hospitals collected during the pandemic, where we saw that hospitals’ scores decreased during the pandemic after scores plateaued prior to the pandemic. In...
