Deadline For Exempt Status Extended

To those HHAs that provide care to less than 60 patients ANNUALLY, the deadline has been extended to apply for exempt status.

Meaning, if you provided care to fewer than 60 patients between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010, you can apply for exemption status.

The official policy is listed as follows:

"Medicare-certified home health agencies that serve fewer than 60 unduplicated Home Health Care CAHPS survey-eligible patients over the course of the 12-month period from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 will be exempted from participating in the Home Health Care CAHPS Survey for the calendar year 2012 annual payment update (APU).

Agencies seeking this exemption must provide a count of the number of patients who meet survey eligibility requirements that their agency served between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. The count of the number of patients who meet survey eligibility requirements must be reported by completing and submitting the online form below."

The full ruling and form for exemption can be found here.

For all of your HHCAHPS needs, contact one of our experts at Pinnacle Quality Insight. We can get you started with HHCAHPS quickly and easily. Give us a call or send us an email, and we'll have you up and running within a few minutes.

Craig Christiansen
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877.532.1233