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A Cheat Sheet to
                                     Understanding Patient
                                       Experience Surveys



                                     CAHPS Surveys:






        HCAHPS                                          HHCAHPS
        Who: Hospital Patients 18+                      Who: Homecare Patients
        Participation: Is required.                     Participation:  Is required.
        Data: Publicly reported on CMS                  Data: Publicly reported on CMS
        website.                                        website.

        ED-CAHPS                                        Child HCAHPS
        Who: Hospital Emergency Departments             Who: Pediatric Hospitals/Inpatient
        Participation: Will be required.                Pediatric Units
        When: National implementation                   Participation:  Voluntary at this time.
        planned in 2018. BHSF is voluntarily            When:  TBD. BHSF is voluntarily
        testing the survey.                             testing the survey.

        Outpatient Surgery CAHPS                        CG CAHPS
        Who: Hospital-based Outpatient                  Who: Adult and Pediatric Populations
        Surgery and Freestanding Ambulatory             Participation:  Voluntary at this time.
        Surgery Centers                                 When: BHSF is voluntarily testing the
        Participation: Will be required.                survey.
        When: National implementation
        planned in 2018. BHSF is voluntarily
        testing the survey.
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