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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-ginsberg-slides.pdf
October 12, 2017 - CAHPS = Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems
• Develops standardized surveys and … of care from the patient’s point of view
across different settings
• Trademark held by AHRQ; all surveys … CAHPS surveys
adhere to established standards of development; quality
improvement
• 1 User Network … Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Value-based payment
• Public reporting
• Accreditation and certification … AHRQ CAHPS Program
CAHPS Program
CAHPS Consortium
Uses of CAHPS Surveys
Things to know about the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-edgeman-levitan.pdf
October 01, 2023 - Surveys
• Inpatient Mental Health Survey Technical Expert Panel, August 2023
► Content: Which providers … ► Timing & Reference Period: When should the survey be completed? … ► Testing of new instrument: What populations and which survey administration modes? … 30
Using CAHPS Surveys
To Improve Patient Experience
Monitor and assess performance on
CAHPS measures … Health Outcomes
Business Outcomes
New CAHPS Surveys
Potential Testing Activities
Using CAHPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/child-hcahps-ahrq-program.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Introducing the Child HCAHPS® Survey Database webcast-Ginsberg
WELCOME FROM AHRQ
Caren Ginsberg, PhD … Director, CAHPS & SOPS Programs
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
AHRQ and the … in patient experience of care survey development,
research, voluntary databases
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CAHPS Database … Overview
• Databases are for selected CAHPS surveys
► CAHPS Health Plan (HP) Survey
► CAHPS Clinician … & Group (CG) Survey
► CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Survey
► NEW: Child HCAHPS Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/RES_PM_1aDivision-of-Resp.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Questionnaire
preparation
• Select CAHPS
questionnaires. … • Prepare survey letters for
mailing. … • Administer questionnaires by
mail or telephone. … • Monitor returned
questionnaires and/or telephone
interviews. … • Review CAHPS instructions and
computer program for analysis.
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cahpsdatabase.ahrq.gov/files/CH/Child-HCAHPS-DB-FlyerUpdate.pdf
April 11, 2025 - The Child HCAHPS® Survey Database Flyer
The Child HCAHPS® Survey Database:
Comparative Data for Hospitals … To receive updates from the
AHRQ CAHPS Database, please sign up for GovDelivery announcements. … No. 25-0014
November 2024
www.ahrq.gov
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/child_hp_survey.html … https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/child-hcahps-database/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps … /cahps-database/child-hcahps-database/index.html
https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/sample-frame-elements.html
February 01, 2025 - Examples of Sample Frame Elements
The sample frame that a CAHPS survey sponsor provides to a … Elements for an Adult Survey Unique patient ID (typically provided by provider or insurer). … Additional Elements for a Child Survey (if applicable) Parent or guardian’s name.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/cahps-section-2-why-improve-patient-experience.pdf
May 01, 2017 - surveys. … surveys.
2.A. … , which is a version
of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey. … The results of the ACO CAHPS Survey (which
builds upon the CG-CAHPS core survey) are used for public … component
using the CAHPS for PQRS Survey, which also builds upon the CG-
CAHPS core survey.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/nyp-webinar-ginsberg.pdf
June 02, 2025 - s CAHPS®
Program
Caren Ginsberg, Ph.D. … Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (CAHPS®) Surveys
The CAHPS program is committed … CAHPS surveys are the gold standard for patient experience
measurement. … safety
Best methods for collecting patient experience data,
including effectiveness of different survey … ’sCore Competencies
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Surveys
PatientExperience
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/outcomes/chipra-140-fullreport.pdf
November 02, 2017 - Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Surveys.
2. … Plan Survey and the
Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). … CAHPS surveys use administrative data to develop the sampling frame for survey
administration. … A patient survey system to measure quality improvement: Questionnaire
reliability and validity. … The Picker Patient Experience Questionnaire: Development
and validation using data from in-patient surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/comparative-data/2017-health-plan-chartbook/data-sources-limitations.html
October 01, 2017 - and Limitations
Appendix A. 2017 Survey Respondents by State
Appendix B. … Health Plan Survey results submitted to the CAHPS Database by various survey sponsors, including State … Medicare Data: Each year, the CAHPS Database receives the CAHPS Medicare Managed Care survey data collected … Appendix A presents the number of Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare survey respondents by State included … in the 2017 CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/patient-experience/index.html
March 01, 2025 - on patient experience, such as through not only CAHPS surveys, but also rapid-cycle surveys, focus groups … PREMs such as CAHPS surveys offer significant insight into patients’ perceptions of their healthcare … Learn more: How CAHPS Surveys Measure Patient Experience —An interview of Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, … CAHPS Surveys Assess Important Aspects of Patient Safety When patients share their experiences about … In addition to CAHPS survey questions, narrative items allow patients to provide open-ended comments
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/addressing-emerging-needs-09132023-hays.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Improving the Survey Instruments
Ron D. … and Group Survey 4.0 (beta)
• Created in response to:
► Increased use of telehealth associated with … Clinician and Group Survey 4.0 (beta)
• Released in 2020
• Iterative refinements
► Pilot study in … Health Plan
and Clinician and Group Surveys
• CAHPS 5.1 Health Plan/CAHPS 3.1 Clinician & Group surveys … • Randomized CAHPS C-G survey 3.1 and easier (EZ) version
► Patients at federally qualified health
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/planning/Form-a-Project-Team.html
December 01, 2019 - Once a sponsor has decided to conduct a CAHPS project, one of the first tasks is to assemble a project … draw the sample); and
Benefits counselors and other intermediaries who are involved in disseminating CAHPS … (e.g., which questionnaires to administer, whether to add supplemental items to the questionnaires); … Using survey results;
Deciding how to use CAHPS survey results (e.g., incorporating them into … You can also obtain technical assistance from the CAHPS User Network for some of the tasks typically
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/invitation-messages-shaller.pdf
January 01, 2017 - & Group (CG-CAHPS) Survey … to
complete a series of open-ended questions placed at the
end of the core survey.
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CG-CAHPS … Narrative Item Set
A structured series of 5 open-ended questions that:
• Prompts survey respondents … Respondents were given a yes/no option. … Survey with Patient-Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) items
• Administered by web
• Respondents were
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/child-hcahps-survey-spanish.pdf
May 12, 2016 - Child Hospital Survey, Spanish
CAHPS® Hospital Survey
Version: Child Version
Language: Spanish … side of the questionnaire booklet … CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Spanish
Child_HCAHPS_Spanish_Survey_954b.docx 5/12/2016
Instrucciones … CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Spanish
Child_HCAHPS_Spanish_Survey_954b.docx 5/12/201610
CAHPS® Hospital … Survey
Instructions for Front Cover
Instructions for Format of Questionnaire
Instrucciones para el
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/measurement/consumer-assessment/index.html
September 01, 2012 - Consumer Assessment Surveys
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS … The goals of the CAHPS program are twofold:
Develop standardized patient surveys that can be used … Visit the CAHPS Web site .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-patient-narratives-presentations-summary.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) Narrative Item Set ........ 14
Concurrent Session 2: CAHPS Health … Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS) Narrative Item Set. … While there were no questions about trust
specifically in the survey, 124 respondents used the word … subgroups in the larger population of survey respondents. … AHRQ’s CAHPS website
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26267629
https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/consumer-reporting/guidelines/design/index.html
October 01, 2018 - , the CAHPS Team offers the following recommendations to reporters of survey results:
Group survey … It is also fundamental to standardizing the reporting of CAHPS survey results. … The CAHPS Team has found that composites support the comprehensive reporting of survey results and contribute … Key messages tested and incorporated into sample reports for the CAHPS Health Plan Survey included the … "The information from the CAHPS survey has been collected by an independent source, not by the health
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html
August 31, 2025 - known as the National CAHPS Benchmarking Database) is the repository for data from selected CAHPS surveys … The primary purpose of the CAHPS Database is to facilitate comparisons of CAHPS survey results by and … To support the use of CAHPS survey results, the CAHPS Database offers products and services that include … Participation in the CAHPS Database is free and open to all survey users. … ™ (SOPS™) Databases as central repositories for survey data from each of the SOPS surveys.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-ahrq-program.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard for patient … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn the trademark … .
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What We Learned 20 Years Ago
Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey
to support improvements … cultural changes, regular measurement and
performance feedback, and experience of interpreting
and using survey … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey
to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons