Today CMS posted a request for comments on hospice's CAHPS data collection.
Now is your chance.
Send your views about the process and how you see the best ways forward with capturing and publishing caregivers' views of the care you provided to their deceased loved ones.
Here's an excerpt of the notice describing what CMS is asking:
So, basically, anything and everything you think about the CAHPS program, how it affects your agency processes and finances or in any other way, and how CMS could make it better.Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.