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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/ipe-large-org-webcast-ginsberg.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
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CAHPS Surveys
• Surveys measure patient experience, not patient … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to CAHPS
design principles to earn the trademark … CAHPS Surveys are considered the gold standard for patient
experience measurement! … 10
What We Learned 20 Years Ago
Evaluating the use of a modified CAHPS® survey
to support improvements … Evaluating the Use of a Modified CAHPS Survey
to Support Improvements in Patient-Centered Care: Lessons
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/data-research/cahps-data-release-agreement.pdf
March 01, 2018 - The CAHPS Database Research Request Data Use Agreement
CAHPS Database Data Release Agreement – Page … suite of surveys. … Organizations”) that have administered a CAHPS survey and are willing to
submit their CAHPS data to … ’ de-identified data that do not identify or permit re-identification of individual respondents or
Participating … , using the following:
“The CAHPS® data used in this analysis were provided by the CAHPS Database.
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June 02, 2025 - Consortium: AHRQ, RAND, Yale, and Westat
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CAHPS Surveys
• CAHPS surveys are the gold standard … • Trademark is held by AHRQ; all surveys must adhere to
CAHPS design principles to earn trademark … .
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Uses of CAHPS Surveys
• Value-based purchasing
• Public reporting
• Accreditation
• Quality … narrative protocols
for purposes of facilitating quality improvement
► Effectiveness of different survey … CAHPS Surveys
Uses of CAHPS Surveys
Patient Experience of Care Research at AHRQ
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-analysis-webcast-program-2.pdf
November 01, 2006 - with health plans
and providers
9
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 … .
10
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
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/measures-data-funding/index.html
February 01, 2025 - SDM Process_4 (SDMP) Survey A 4-item questionnaire that measures the extent to which patients viewed … of surveys that ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with health plans … Supplemental items that ask about aspects of SDM have been developed for five CAHPS surveys. … CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey … CAHPS Health Plan Child Survey CAHPS Cancer Care Survey Back to Contents Funding Opportunities SDM
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/patient-narratives-webinar-stories.pdf
July 01, 2020 - surveys
Stories are a
tool for quality
improvement
Stories are a
tool for public
reporting … Percent of All Surveys
CG CAHPS
Domains
Communication
Access
Office Staff
Care coordination … ”
- Mark Turner, cognitive scientist, linguist & author
“In the future, your survey should account … Accounting for
such non-physical visits will necessarily change certain questions
in the survey….” … – NIS respondent
“Free text, narrative feedback were preferred
to checkboxes, surveys and patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-improving-patient-experience.pdf
July 01, 2021 - ® Survey:
LESSONS ON IMPROVING PATIENT EXPERIENCE
Denise D. … survey
► Included custom items to trend Press Ganey items
• October 2014:
► Provided P4P incentives … 2019
− 322 providers across 44 clinics with 46,452 completed
surveys
– 8,332 child surveys
– 38,120 … Collected Provider Perceptions and
Coach Feedback Reports• Provider perceptions
► Administered provider survey … & Press Ganey survey items:
CG-CAHPS items:
• Engaging and spending
time with patients
• Listening
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20141022_cg/lessons_from_top-performing_medical_practices_CG-CAHPS_transcript.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Although many of you are familiar with CAHPS surveys,
just a few words of background. … The suite of ambulatory
care surveys has expanded to include not just the Health Plan Survey, which … Clinician & Group Survey, or CG-CAHPS. … set of surveys and what they measure, but for those who are not,
the survey consists of a set of core … There are also adult and child versions of CG-
CAHPS, and two different versions that ask respondents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/02-pt-narratives-support-px-strategy-bakdash.pdf
June 02, 2025 - improvement resources
–Voluntary databases for selected CAHPS surveys
–Research to advance the science … surveys, there are many ways to gather experience
information from patients:
Quantitative Methods … • CAHPS surveys, proprietary surveys, “home grown” surveys
Qualitative Methods
• Patient narratives, … 10
Gain for Adding
Narrative Items
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CAHPS
Narrative Item Sets
• Clinician & Group
Survey … (CG-CAHPS)
Items for Ambulatory
Care
• Child Hospital
Survey (Child
HCAHPS) Items for
In-patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/6-improvement-strategies.pdf
March 01, 2017 - surveys. … surveys. … The strategies are intended to address the various topics covered by CAHPS surveys of
ambulatory care … Appendix 6a provides a
crosswalk of these topics and the measures derived from different CAHPS surveys … (all of
which are variations on the CAHPS Health Plan Survey or the CAHPS Clinician & Group
Survey
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/2-why-improve/index.html
February 01, 2020 - 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. … Forces driving implementation of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey. Washington, DC.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/The_Case_for_Improving_Patient_Experience_-2011_10_01_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Like surveys that were done by health plans. … survey results for QI. … the
CAHPS helpline at 1-800-492-9261 or via e-mail at cahps1@ahrq.gov. … That’s CAHPS, the number 1, at [@]
ahrq.gov [cahps1@ahrq.gov]. … surveys.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/multiple/index.html
August 01, 2023 - Surveys include:
Settings:
Clinician and group practices
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance … /cg
Emergency departments
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/ed-cahps
Home healthcare
Web: … /cahps/surveys-guidance/hospice
Hospitals
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital
Hospital … member surveys)
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh
Health Plans: Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare … /surveys-guidance/cancer
Home and community-based services programs
Web: ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance
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January 01, 2010 - @westat.com
http://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/
THANK YOU! … PLEASE COMPLETE THE WEBCAST
EVALUATION
38
CAHPS Survey Administration:
Case-Mix and Mode Adjustments … 39
CAHPS Bibliography
Browse or search for publications about the development and use of CAHPS surveys … Effects of survey mode, patient mix, and nonresponse on CAHPS Hospita l
Survey Sco res. … CAHPS Survey Administration: Case-Mix and Mode Adjustments
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/next-steps3.html
December 01, 2009 - CAHPS® is a family of surveys of experiences of care, an aspect of patient-centeredness. … Currently, health plans reporting to NCQA must collect and report data for the CAHPS® Health Plan Survey … The questionnaires are the same for Medicaid and commercial plans, but the vendor changes the question … For example, 53 percent of 19,019 respondents responded to the item "Child's personal doctor seemed informed … Surveys can be resource-intensive.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/patient-experience/prems-proms/index.html
February 01, 2025 - surveys. … AHRQ’s CAHPS Program is conducting research to address this challenge by developing new and revised surveys … quality-of-life measures and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 2 for tracking depression and … The lack of standardization in PROMs, unlike CAHPS surveys, makes it difficult to compare data across … Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2-case-mix-mode-adjustments-webcast-bakdash.pdf
June 02, 2025 - The Rationale for Case Mix and Mode Adjustments - Bakdash
AHRQ’S CAHPS PROGRAM
Consumer Assessment … Surveys
Measuring patient experience of care in different settings
Experience
with
Providers
• … Surveys
Quality improvement
Public reporting
Certification and recognition
Value-based purchasing … Measuring Patient Experience: CAHPS® Program
CAHPS Surveys Measuring patient experience of care in … different settings
Uses for CAHPS Surveys
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The CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Data Submission System
Account … The CAHPS Database will review your request and will send you an e-mail with the information to access … the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey … This survey is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 299a. … The confidentiality of your responses to this survey is protected by
Sections 944(c) and 308(d) of the
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The CAHPS Home and Community Based Services Survey Data Submission … The CAHPS Database will review your request and will send you an e-mail with the information to access … CAHPS Home and Community Based Survey Data Submission System … This survey is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 299a. … The confidentiality of your responses to this survey is protected by Sections 944(c) and 308(d) of the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-lessons-improving-scores.pdf
October 01, 2020 - multiple systems
• Research challenges
• collection of timely & actionable member feedback
• declining survey … Service deep dive: needed more information that
was timely and actionable
Supplemental weekly IVR survey … 3-question automated IVR survey using 5-point scale
(courtesy, information, overall experience with … percentile for 16 consecutive years
Ongoing Quality Improvement
• Repeated supplemental weekly IVR surveys … surveys scratch the surface in identifying
opportunities and supplemental data collection is necessary