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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/health-plan/index.html
March 01, 2016 - Measuring the Quality of Health Plans
The practice of measuring and reporting quality at the health plan level began in the early 1990s when managed care became the dominant coverage option offered by employers.
Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers
Major Health Plan Measurement Sets
Data…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/home-health/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Measuring the Quality of Home Health Care
Home health is an important category of service delivery, especially for older people and those who have significant medical or surgical stays in hospitals.
Measures Cover Skilled Care Rather Than Personal Care/Homemaker Services
Home health as a category of service…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/nursing-home/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Measuring the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Nursing homes provide less intensive services than hospitals for a range of patients. Some nursing homes care only for short-stay patients, others only for long-stay patients, but most care for both kinds of patients.
Short-stay patients. Some patients stay in a nur…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cancer/suppl-access-items.html
March 01, 2017 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Access
Population version: Adult
Download these items: English ( Word [28 KB] )
Users of the CAHPS ® Cancer Care Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audiences. The…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cancer/suppl-provider-info-items.html
March 01, 2017 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey: Information from Providers
Population version: Adult
Download these items: English ( Word [28 KB])
Users of the CAHPS ® Cancer Care Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, a…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/podcasts-webinars.html
December 01, 2022 - Presentations on Health Care Quality Reporting Topics
Plug-In & Multimedia Help
Podcasts
How Social Media Can Draw Visitors to a Quality Report
Barbara Lambiaso and Lauren Piccolo from Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) talk about how MHQP uses social media to promote awareness and use of comp…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/ahrq-conference-2015/walsh-slides.html
March 01, 2016 - The CAHPS Macro Program
Slide 1
The CAHPS Macro Program
Alan Zaslavsky
Kayo Walsh, M.S. Data Manager/Programmer
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Slide 2
Basics of Macro
Analyzes multi-item composites and single items from CAHPS survey data.
Compares the performance of an e…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-access-items-cg-survey30-adult.html
December 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0: Access
Population version: Adult
Download these items: English ( Word , 31.2 KB )
Users of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/hp/suppl-access-items-hp-survey50-child.html
December 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Child Survey 5.0: Access
Population version: Child
Download these items: English ( Word , 34.44 KB )
Users of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audienc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/hp/suppl-access-items-hp-survey50-adult.html
December 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0: Access
Population version: Adult
Download these items: English ( Word , 35.46 KB )
Users of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/or audienc…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-access-items-cg-survey30-child.html
December 01, 2018 - Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Child Survey 3.0: Access
Population version: Child
Download these items: English ( Word , 31 KB )
Users of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey are free to incorporate supplemental items in order to meet the needs of their organizations, local markets, and/o…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/hospice.html
January 01, 2023 - Measuring the Quality of Hospice Care
Hospice care is a set of services that allow patients in the final phase of life to spend their last days at home or a home-like setting rather than in a hospital. It is for patients who have decided that they would rather have comfort care while they remain alive than cura…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/ahrq-conference-2015/goldstein-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - CMS Data Sets for CAHPS Surveys
Slide 1
CMS Data Sets for CAHPS Surveys
Liz Goldstein, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Consumer Assessment and Plan Performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Slide 2
CMS CAHPS Surveys
CAHPS Survey for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans
FFS CAHPS
…
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/web/pathways/composites.html
May 01, 2019 - Let Consumers Drill Down to Components of Roll-Up Scores
Whenever you provide a composite or a summary score, you should seriously consider letting people drill down to the details. Not everyone will want to do this, but some will.
To learn more about using composites and summary scores to reduce the burden o…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/news-and-events/events/ahrq-conference-2015/hays-slides.html
March 01, 2016 - The SEER and Medicare CAHPS Linked Dataset
Slide 1
The SEER and Medicare CAHPS Linked Dataset
Ron Hays, Ph.D.
Adjunct Researcher, RAND Corporation
Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Slide 2
SEER-CAHPS Sponsors
Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries
C…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/echo/about/survey-measures.html
May 01, 2018 - CAHPS ECHO Survey Measures
For more information: Reporting Measures from the CAHPS ® ECHO Survey (PDF, 48 KB)
Getting Treatment Quickly
Q3 Get help by telephone
Q5 Get urgent treatment as soon as needed
Q7 Get appointment as soon as wanted
How Well Clinicians Communicate
Q11 Clinicians list…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys
Instructions for Analyzing Data
from
CAHPS® Surveys in SAS®:
Using the CAHPS Analysis Program Version 5.0
AHRQ Contract No.: HHSP233201500026I/HHSP23337004T
Managed and prepared by:
Westat, Rockville, MD
Naomi Yount, Ph.D.
Kayo Walsh, M.S. (Harvard Medic…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/about/survey-measures.html
April 01, 2018 - CAHPS Surgical Care Survey Measures
For more information: Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Surgical Care Survey (PDF, 641 KB)
To learn about selecting scores to report and displaying the results to consumers, refer to How To Report Results of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (PDF, 971 KB).
I…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/about/child-survey-measures.html
June 01, 2017 - CAHPS Child Hospital Survey Measures
For more information: Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (PDF, 315 KB)
Communication Between You and Your Child’s Nurses
Q14 Nurses listened carefully to parent
Q15 Nurses explained things to parent in a way that was easy to understand
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/dental/about/survey-measures.html
April 01, 2018 - CAHPS Dental Plan Survey Measures
For more information: Patient Experience Measures for the CAHPS Dental Plan Survey (PDF, 614 KB)
Care From Dentists and Staff
Q6 How often did your regular dentist explain things in a way that was easy to understand?
Q7 How often did your regular dentis…