Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Welcome!

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Population (step 1) (All Patient Discharges) • Patients of all payer types are eligible for sampling • Hospitals contracting with survey vendors are strongly encouraged to provide entire discharge list to their survey vendor January 2008 75 Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Eligibility Criteria (step 2) Who should be included in HCAHPS? • Adult Inpatients – 18 years or older • Hospital Admission – minimum one overnight stay, or longer • Alive at discharge January 2008 76
Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Eligibility Criteria (cont’d) • Non-Psychiatric MS-DRG/principal diagnosis at discharge Patient Classification Service Lines The hospital/survey vendor should use the principal discharge MS-DRG to… – Identify the eligible patients – Classify into the Service Line as either: »Medical »Surgical »Maternity Care January 2008 77 Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Eligibility Criteria (cont’d) Service Line MS-DRG Crosswalk Table: • To classify into Medical and Surgical service lines - The Federal Register Notice – (updated approximately twice per year) • To classify into Maternity Care service line - Use MS-DRGs 765 – 768, 774, 775 • Current table information - Quality Assurance Guidelines (Version 3.0) - www.hcahpsonline.org January 2008 78
Page 1 and 2: Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Train
Page 37: Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Train

Introduction to HCAHPS Survey Training Welcome!

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?